this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2025
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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago (22 children)

How did that not get caught in the prototype stage? Like, did nobody ever test that thing with that type of RJ45 plug?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (18 children)

It was only a particular kind of RJ45 boot that caused the issue, so if you are sensible and don't use a cable boot you never ran into the issue.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

i choose to believe this particular engineer saw the potential for this issue, but just hated those cables with a burning passion.

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