On 12/20/2012 1:20 PM, Michael Thomas wrote:
I was looking at a Raspberry Pi board and was struck with how large
the ethernet
connector is in comparison to the board as a whole. It strikes me:
ethernet
connectors haven't changed that I'm aware in pretty much 25 years.
Every other
cable has changed several times in that time frame. I imaging that if
anybody
cared, ethernet cables could be many times smaller. Looking at wiring
closets,
etc, it seems like it might be a big win for density too.
So why, oh why, nanog the omniscient do we still use rj45's?
Mike
Seen an AUI or vampire tap recently? Vampires made a certain amount of
sense, but the AUI connector seemed to have little purpose other than
recycling weak metal from Coors beer cans. IIRC, the inventor apologized.