"Paul Martin" wrote in message


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: : Ah yes! Screw-on BNCs. The joys of thin ethernet.
: :
: : "Why's the network died?" "Someone's kicked their
: : network cable."
: :
: : Such an exchange was ususally followed by a scramble
: : under the desks looking for the loose cable segment.
: :
: : The crimp-on BNCs weren't much better. Often the crimps
: : didn't last under rough handling. How we rejoiced when
: : we moved everything to 10BaseT.

Ah yes, I'd forgotten thin ethernet. Crimp-on's are fine if you use a good
quality tool, same with RJ45's. What I *really* want to know though is
why the **** did our company IT dept only buy yellow patch cables..? How
am I supposed to decide which cable in the spider's web under my desk is
the printer..?!

Ivor

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