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[-] Shadow@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

Boots suck. Good connectors just have the tab be more of an inverted V shape, so it doesn't catch but you don't need to squish a hard plastic boot to remove it.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Like in the image? That's... a boot. Not a full one, but still a boot. (Side note: I'm starting to sound Canadian in my own head.) But I agree. The "snagless" ones are the best of both worlds: you can pull a cable through without it catching on anything, but still press down the plastic retention clip when the collar gets old and stiff.

[-] Shadow@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago

Nah like this:

Instead of like this:

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I've never seen one of those outside of this image.

[-] Shadow@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago

They're pretty common in nicer datacenter environments. Newer cat6a is only 28awg (tiny and easy to work with!) and can do 10gb just fine.

For example:

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Huh, good to know. Next time I'm looking for cable, I'll keep this in mind. Thanks.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Ah. It's better than nothing but I still have had trouble pulling cables like the top image. Those blocky edges get caught on things...

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