I dabble in both. These cables are nowhere near messed up enough to count as cable gore. I saw a rack where someone decided that the VOIP switches didn't need port maps so every time they moved a phone around (don't ask me why they didn't just fix it in the config) they would just run a new patch cable from the port on the switch to the new port on the patch panel. Rinse and repeat for about 5 years and the rats nest of yellow cabling was a beauty to behold.
I've been following cableporn for a very long time and I still don't really know why things I set up as they are. I have intricate knowledge of the software side of things but hardware is alien to me. By playing around with it as a game I'd finally grasp the concepts.
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Smallletter@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 3y
This makes me wonder, who else here isn't actually a programmer but an IT professional who appreciates the content?
kamenoko@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 3y
I dabble in both. These cables are nowhere near messed up enough to count as cable gore. I saw a rack where someone decided that the VOIP switches didn't need port maps so every time they moved a phone around (don't ask me why they didn't just fix it in the config) they would just run a new patch cable from the port on the switch to the new port on the patch panel. Rinse and repeat for about 5 years and the rats nest of yellow cabling was a beauty to behold.
lka1988@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 3y
I'm neither, but I do have a very small homelab. I get to imagine the spaghetti mess of cables in my virtualized system.
user224@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 3y
I am neither. Just an idiot trying to understand stuff.
impalawild@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 3y
Why are they smiling though
wheresmypillow@lemmy.one · 13 pts · 3y
Because no one can work until they figure it out.
shootwhatsmyname@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 3y
denial
BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 3y
Your kids will love crimping their own patch cables.
RJ45A, RJ45B, Crossover gives endless possibilities and hours of fun.
And for the older kids there's VLANs and BGP.
agressivelyPassive@feddit.de · 5 pts · 3y
BGP is more a settlers of Catan style game, I would think.
theterrasque@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 3y
With the occasional hostile takeover
jelloeater85@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Or OSPF if your lazy... RIP if your lazy AND old.
NumbersCanBeFun@kbin.social · 10 pts · 3y
FUsername@feddit.de · 2 pts · 3y
So you suck at giving head to CAT6e?
kamenoko@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 3y
I am both, but neither. And the cables in that picture are far too neat to count as cable gore lol.
erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 3y
I've seen this one before, and it's still great. But I wonder who those models are. Do they know they're an internet meme?
StudioLE@programming.dev · 2 pts · 3y
The truth is I would buy it...
I've been following cableporn for a very long time and I still don't really know why things I set up as they are. I have intricate knowledge of the software side of things but hardware is alien to me. By playing around with it as a game I'd finally grasp the concepts.
fibojoly@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y
With LEDs that turn different xolors, I reckon that would fun for all the family!