Kent, Yes you look to the cable because it is the cheapest component, lightest and easy to replace. You can stash a ton of patch cords but switches and modules take space and gather dust.
On a recent issue where I was called into the diagnosis because I walked into the room after the two admins had spent the better part of the day trying to get the office back on line. I walked to the switch rack, got on the stool and saw one patch cord in the MDX port that didn't look right. I pushed it and heard a click. Immediately the secretary in the next room yells "I'm on!" I got off the stool, smiled and walked out. The two had been swapping cables, switches checking continuity all morning. Now the patch cords used and the space they crammed things into were not ideal but those two admins to this day "Check the cables" before they do anything else. John J. Boris, Sr. JEN-A-SyS Administrator "Remember! That light at the end of the tunnel Just might be the headlight of an oncoming train!" >>> "Brodie, Kent" <[email protected]> 12/1/2010 3:03 PM >>> >Now I am just wondering if it is worth getting this repaired as > a spare or just throw it in the recycle bin as I can ..... Recycle bin. Not worth it. Similar to the "making your own patch cords" discussion earlier. Going back to that (because I was too busy to respond earlier)-- there was a cute article I read years ago that was for sysadmins and network managers (and for the life of me, I can NOT find it any more)-- the article essentially had the phrase "Check the cable" every other sentence. It was well written, highly amusing, and quite accurate :-) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Kent C. Brodie Department of Physiology (and) Human and Molecular Genetics Center Medical College of Wisconsin [email protected] +1 414 955 8590 _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
