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Ethernet is Still Going Strong After 50 Years (spectrum.ieee.org)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Ethernet is Still Going Strong After 50 Years::The technology has become the standard LAN worldwide

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[–] [email protected] 132 points 9 months ago (4 children)

The only bad thing about Ethernet cables is that they’re shaped like a goddamn grappling hook. If I wanna pull an Ethernet cable through my desk, I must understand that every other cable in its path is coming with it.

[–] [email protected] 132 points 9 months ago (3 children)

always buy the more expensive ones with the foreskin.

[–] [email protected] 83 points 9 months ago (4 children)

The foreskin gets in the way when pulling it out of the port though.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 9 months ago

Tell me about it.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hot

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure your ethernet cable shouldn't be getting hot

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What about getting hot for your Ethernet cable?

Your nice, long, sexy Ethernet cable? With that wide bandwidth? That low latency? I'm getting wet just thinking about it. Let's LAN party ;)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Choke me daddy

And spank me with this:

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

I've never had that problem 😉

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I always crimp my own, including using slide-on/slide-off hoods. That way I can back the hood off before plugging it into the port, which keeps it easy to disconnect, and I can slide it back on before pulling it through a tight spot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I crimp my own, but never used the hoods before on self made. Usually I run it where it needs to be then put the end on

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago

I've never heard it called foreskin, that's pretty funny, but FYI, the proper term is "boot". And I'm a big fan of no boots in the rack. They are nice for desks and places cables might be rearranged constantly, but in switches and backs of servers they just slow you down.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

Almost spit my coffee out god damn was not ready to read that 😂

[–] You999 51 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Not to be that person but ethernet is the specification, the "grappling hook" you are referring to is the connector (Rj45 8p8c). Ethernet has a ton of different connectors in the spec from SFP to DE-9 and even HDMI.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago

Tape is your friend, it's how I pull it through walls.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

VGA cables.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Get VGA Today! Comes with double grappling action!