B or death.
So long as my mortal body can pull drops, it will be B. Or you're fired.
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So at this point I’m calling it. The Bs have it.
But now I’m curious. Why was the bias that strong? I figured it would be more or less even for something as inconsequential as A vs B. So why the strong bias toward the second option?
Of course, there’s also the possibility of people just disliking the post and downvoting it for that. Hmm
I've been using B for so long it's just muscle memory at this point. No real reason beyond my NCO saying it was the right way.
Screw your standards, I'll lay the cables in whatever order I like; it's my ethernet cable after all. 😤
Get him! Kill the non-believer! Your rabbit god is ridiculous in the face of our duck god!
That got a knowing nod and a chuckle out of me.
568B or nothing at all.
Bah. People like you are why tamper resistant outlets are a thing.
I use B but not for any particular reason other than it was what was used to teach me to crimp.
To be honest, I have no preference, I just followed whatever order guide was on my crimper. Didn't seem to matter.
Practically it doesn’t matter. I use type A because I memorized that order and it’s never caused a problem so I stuck with it.
It’s kind of a weird joke that type A and B exist at all. Both work. Neither solve a problem the other couldn’t.
Crimp both ends the same and it’s fine. But is funny to have this silly little debate.
There is a reason they exist. It called crossover cables from the days before Auto MID-X.
The days before 100Mb NICs you had to crossover somewhere for connecting 2 like devices otherwise both devices would tx and Rx on the same pins.
Yea I remember old crossover cables. But was the crossover type A on one end and type B on the other?
Yep
Neat!
I used a little self motivator to memorize B. "If you're blue inside, it ends in shit." That puts solid brown at the end, and keeps straight the blue/green pairs in the middle.
568C (the C is for chaos)
Wire in whatever way they fall in by themselves.
Then rewire the pins on the NICs so they can communicate.
It’s not so bad once you level up your soldering skills.
I hate soldering. I’m somehow better at welding than soldering.
TIL I'm a savage lol
Real gangs use TIA-598-C
I learned B I 2002. I can make either but have to really think about A while I'm making it.
Over the distance I'm running cables (about 60 feet total for the longest runs) it really doesn't matter. I'm running fiber for anything beyond gigabit anyway so I say aquamarine, violet, and lime green for lyfe.