[Tfug] Cabling

[vaca at grazeland.com]

I'd respectfully disagree that custom cable from the jack to the host is custom done frequently.  Heck, that job in some groups is a user task.  Out to the desks is usually infrastructure, not patch. 

Anyway food for thought.

On Dec 1, 2013, at 1:21 AM, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Tyler,
> 
> On 11/30/2013 7:51 PM, Tyler Kilian wrote:
>> Most shops I've seen don't build custom patch cables.
> 
> Most shops don't *need* custom patch cables IN THE SERVER ROOM.
> OTOH, I've not seen any that *didn't* roll their own cables
> out to the bullpen (cubicles)!
> 
> I.e., in server room you can find a place to hide a foot or
> two of cable.  Even times 20!
> 
> You could argue that you could find a place to hide an extra
> *10* ft of cable on a run out to the bullpen.  So, why not buy
> 50', 60', 70', 80', 90', etc. premade cables and pick the length
> that fits the job?
> 
> Ah, well, figuring out what that length should be is often a
> problem (if you guess low, you have to unstring the drop and
> start over).  And, running a cable with terminated ends is
> harder than plain cable -- esp if you have to go through
> fire walls, between floors, etc.
> 
> Easier to run bare cable and terminate it "to length".
> 
> (The *crews* that do this do it day in, day out.  Putting a
> connector on a cable is ~60 seconds.)
> 
>> With 10Gbaset creeping in, it's getting tough to build.
> 
> I'm only running Gb here and, for short runs, even CAT5e
> works (if I opt to go this route, I'll probably buy a quarter
> spool of CAT6 as the cost isn't an issue).
> 
> OTOH, *hiring* someone to wire that one room is insanely
> expensive!
> 
> Things were *so* much easier with 10Base2!  Easy to make the
> cables, daisy chain wiring (instead of star), trivial connector
> attachments, etc.
> 
> (OTOH, I don't think I could go that slow anymore  :< )
> 
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