On Dec 1, 2010, at 2:16 PM, John BORIS wrote: > 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.
You also check the cable first because it's the thing that is most likely to go bad/wrong. Cable connectors have always been problematical, at best. Like, the guy who designed the AUI sliding cable lock (all those years back) has since publicly repented and wished that they had gone with screws instead. And who the hell ever thought it was a good idea to put a crimp connector on teflon-coated ThinNet cable? And the woes of poorly crimped RJ connectors has gotten beaten to death quite recently. Rule #1 is "Check the cable" for a good reason, not just because it's the cheapest and easiest thing to check. -- Brad Knowles <[email protected]> LinkedIn Profile: <http://tinyurl.com/y8kpxu> _______________________________________________ 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/
