Just saying, this is not the fault of a single engineer but of a whole company that didn’t think “try all common cable types” should be a required testing step before a network switch goes into mass production.
Boots suck. Good connectors just have the tab be more of an inverted V shape, so it doesn’t catch but you don’t need to squish a hard plastic boot to remove it.
Like in the image? That’s… a boot. Not a full one, but still a boot. (Side note: I’m starting to sound Canadian in my own head.) But I agree. The “snagless” ones are the best of both worlds: you can pull a cable through without it catching on anything, but still press down the plastic retention clip when the collar gets old and stiff.
I could see it also being a problem if you’re trying to remove a cable with a stuck latch. Wiggle it around a bit, accidentally hold down the button… oops
It was only a particular kind of RJ45 boot that caused the issue, so if you are sensible and don’t use a cable boot you never ran into the issue.
Just saying, this is not the fault of a single engineer but of a whole company that didn’t think “try all common cable types” should be a required testing step before a network switch goes into mass production.
Cisco is where good engineering goes to die.
You don’t have to test every cable boot. Just have a design guide that says “Don’t put buttons above or below ports.”
That can be difficult to accomplish…
Looks like they learnt and made a recess for the buttons.
And it’s not in the center of the port. It’s in between two ports where a boot should never be in the way.
That as well
i choose to believe this particular engineer saw the potential for this issue, but just hated those cables with a burning passion.
Uh… huh? What, you’re anti-boot?
Boots suck. Good connectors just have the tab be more of an inverted V shape, so it doesn’t catch but you don’t need to squish a hard plastic boot to remove it.
Like in the image? That’s… a boot. Not a full one, but still a boot. (Side note: I’m starting to sound Canadian in my own head.) But I agree. The “snagless” ones are the best of both worlds: you can pull a cable through without it catching on anything, but still press down the plastic retention clip when the collar gets old and stiff.
Nah like this:
Instead of like this:
I’ve never seen one of those outside of this image.
They’re pretty common in nicer datacenter environments. Newer cat6a is only 28awg (tiny and easy to work with!) and can do 10gb just fine.
For example:
Huh, good to know. Next time I’m looking for cable, I’ll keep this in mind. Thanks.
Ah. It’s better than nothing but I have still had trouble pulling cables like the top image. Those blocky edges get caught on things…
Yes.
I could see it also being a problem if you’re trying to remove a cable with a stuck latch. Wiggle it around a bit, accidentally hold down the button… oops