[geeks] geek trivia quiz

[Fogg, James]

Real geeks look at the connector :)

But I am accustomed to xovers being a particular color. Cisco uses (memory
fails me, red I think). One place I worked used red cables. Where I work now
we use black.

I'm certain the yellow band thing is an Ascendism.

~ -----Original Message-----
~ From: Bill Bradford [mailto:mrbill at mrbill.net]
~ Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 7:43 PM
~ To: geeks at mrbill.net
~ Subject: [geeks] geek trivia quiz
~ 
~ 
~ You come across an ethernet cable (lets say gray) with pieces 
~ of yellow
~ shrinkwrap or tape on the ends about 1" from the RJ45 plug.  
~ What is it?
~ 
~ (I know the answer, I wanna see if any of y'all have the same answer I
~  do, from being exposed to certain equipment)
~ 
~ (hrm, maybe we should make a bigger test - anybody else got 
~ "old skool"
~ questions?)
~ 
~ Bill
~ 
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~ Bill Bradford
~ mrbill at mrbill.net
~ Austin, TX
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