irelephant [he/him]Its braided
IsoKieroThat’s actually not that awful. Time consuming and you better not need to change the loom after it’s done, but that doesn’t become spaghetti that easily. At least not until someone adds few individual (and way too long) cables tangled to those.
socsaI’d guess braiding is not that much more time consuming than fighting cables in a sleeve. Personally I’d use velcro-straps, but on our team there’s always too little time to actually make things look decent, so pretty much all is in various stages of spaghetti, depending on which cabinet you’re looking for.
mossberg590Sure, a long as those cables are shielded. Crosstalk was a real thing “back in my day”.
Exactly the first thought I had, fellow old-timer.
I don’t think I’ve seen a single data cable that didn’t have some kinda shielding since the early nineties.
IT with an E
God forbid you have to swap out a cable or a port does on the switch. You will spend 20 min trying to figure out what cable goes where
Or you could mark the bad one, replace the whole set, then unbraid and toss the marked one later in a dumb meeting you have better things to do than attend or something :p
You still have trace each cable between the patch panel and the switch or thing could end up on the wrong subnet.
I actually had to teach someone in my uni course how to braid power cables for a induction motor. Do they not teach basic skills in preschool anymore?
RamenJunkieThey only teach girls how to braid in pre school then ostracise them out of becoming power techs.
I hear you, but how often have you had to swap out a cable compared to how often have you had to deal with a rats nest? This isn’t a whole lot different than zip tying groups of cables together.
IMHO this would be even better with 6 different colors per braid. Then you could trace a cable in a few seconds while also not having a rats nest.
Velcro is almost always the way to go with cable management. Zip ties can easily damage the wire and encourage messy wiring since you have to cut and replace every one to change a single wire.
Wire lacing is OK for permanent installations, but good luck changing anything.
unpopular opinion:
The effort of “tidying up” cables is never worth it.
You’ll always end up having to change something and your sophisticated cable management turns a 10 minute job into a 1 hour job, as you cut zip ties and dig out cables.
Just plug that shit in, label both ends with numbered tape, and let it look messy.
The effort of “tidying up” cables is never worth it.
You’ll always end up having to change something and your sophisticated cable management turns a 10 minute job into a 1 hour job, as you cut zip ties and dig out cables.
Just plug that shit in, label both ends with numbered tape, and let it look messy.
At least put in the minimum effort of trying to follow the original path (assuming someone worth their salary actually was involved in the making of the site.).
Youd be surprised at the difference in mess from just plugging ‘a to b’ and ‘a to b via c’ no matter how many techs having been involved.
I’d obviously plan the initial setup, start with connecting ports close together via short cables, then put the longer connections on top, avoid unnecessary crossings.
And when switching out a cable, look for the most direct path
And when switching out a cable, look for the most direct path
MarshezezzHook and loop, dawg.
Honestly that works as well
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