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    8p8c I hate you.

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      NOYB
      last edited by

      Maybe it was finished cable assembly manufactures and crimper tool manufacturers.

      Kind of like designing automobiles to require special costly tools and procedures to drum up business for the dealership shops.

      But it probably just goes back to expanding the 4p4c.  Why recreate the wheel when they can just make it bigger.

      With the right (quality) tools and good technique the job becomes much easier though.

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        W4RH34D
        last edited by

        Yeah.  They frigging slide out even if you were careful enough to not break the clips which wear down on their own anyway.  Put a friggin spring under it or something.  Jeebus!  Some of us don't like running around freaking out in the middle of a work day when theres no good explainable reason why the shit just crumbles.  LOL

        You know it wasn't the first 10 things I checked.

        Did you really check your cables?

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        • jahonixJ
          jahonix
          last edited by

          I hear you.
          If you happen to work in the live entertainment industry like I do then you know there's oftentimes no second chance.
          That's why we only use components designed to be tough and rough. Like these sockets:
          http://www.neutrik.com/en/industrial/ethercon/ne8fdx-p6-b

          And we only use these
          http://shop.sommercable.com/en/Plug-Connectors/RJ45-CAT-FIBER/RJ45-CAT-6a-8-pol-RJ45C6XL.html
          or these newer cable connectors:
          https://www.telegaertner.com/de/info/highlights/mfp8/

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            W4RH34D
            last edited by

            @jahonix:

            I hear you.
            If you happen to work in the live entertainment industry like I do then you know there's oftentimes no second chance.
            That's why we only use components designed to be tough and rough. Like these sockets:
            http://www.neutrik.com/en/industrial/ethercon/ne8fdx-p6-b

            And we only use these
            http://shop.sommercable.com/en/Plug-Connectors/RJ45-CAT-FIBER/RJ45-CAT-6a-8-pol-RJ45C6XL.html
            or these newer cable connectors:
            https://www.telegaertner.com/de/info/highlights/mfp8/

            Not in English, looks promising!

            Did you really check your cables?

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              heper
              last edited by

              @jahonix

              unfortunately, most of us can't /won't spend +$30 for a short patch cord ;)

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                W4RH34D
                last edited by

                You know how the sfc transceivers have those tiny arms that hold in the patch cable?

                What about one for an entire row of a switch?

                Did you really check your cables?

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                • jahonixJ
                  jahonix
                  last edited by

                  @W4RH34D:

                  Not in English, looks promising!

                  Sorry, I misinterpreted the ability to click the language button. Must be a European skill, not?

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                    W4RH34D
                    last edited by

                    @jahonix:

                    @W4RH34D:

                    Not in English, looks promising!

                    Sorry, I misinterpreted the ability to click the language button. Must be a European skill, not?

                    I was actually being serious.  Everything I've bought that hasn't worked out has been in english.

                    Did you really check your cables?

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                    • jahonixJ
                      jahonix
                      last edited by

                      Sorry man, I read your post completely reversed and stand corrected.

                      Thought you were complaining about a non-English page.

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                      • jahonixJ
                        jahonix
                        last edited by

                        @heper:

                        most of us …won't spend +$30 for a short patch cord

                        Sure not. This is just an option for where it's needed. Never said you have to use this stuff.

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                          MasterX-BKC- Banned
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                          @W4RH34D:

                          Who is the jackass and who are the jackasses that approved the plastic 8p8c jack?  It is absolute garbage almost like it was designed to piss someone off.

                          /rant

                          I held the same sentiments to the people who designed my old hyundai sonata, it ran great forever, but then the AC went out, and that was ok for a while, but then the alternator went out too.

                          Decided to replace them, and discovered to my dismay, that they are both mounted down by the crankshaft, under the motor.  the manual says to lift the motor on a engine lift, disconnect the motor mounts, and lift the engine just enough that the AC and Alternator can be accessed through a small openning in the passenger side wheel well, after removing the passenger side wheel.

                          WTF, makes me want to slap an engineer in the back of the head hard enough to make his eyes pop out.

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