-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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
The connector is to ubiquitous to change. Other vendors have addressed the space issue by not supporting Ethernet, but forcing the use of a USB dongle (Macbook Air comes to mind). -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJQ02leAAoJEBxhAh+LWUKihLsIAJFiUmoaKxHt0Cz0aDmtZGuT sPh1ET0FcNcblshSnt/Ii0kVbgnFJSxfr4s6FSvwWHJaoNZRpIFLQB5XBMHLX4VZ I61rc44XeQUABFoM+5dKFKUDLGcCTOttlFr9ndNDCJDiE3DYSe8yfel6t+Aq/mVf FXxbBbrPceeXXokugbdoPTdW0dBf7xSn3+xY4l+N56wSgJVpe7UHnXh5+TwWpgsN vQlP/RfVIeTuTLgcDqOUqiv/kj3g3cTQwpnuLSGshrJrepZbrgho/GX8yyf+ub45 KDo/k/uikvX5MTPnfbYGzsU4hloYTia8dSO/pQqz5DYx8kuJPr/dUCC62xUXXx8= =d80Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----