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minus-squaredfyx@lemmy.helios42.delinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down1·2 days agoJust saying, this is not the fault of a single engineer but of a whole company that didn’t think “try all common cable types” should be a required testing step before a network switch goes into mass production.
minus-squarestraightjorkin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day agoCisco is where good engineering goes to die.
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·2 days agoYou don’t have to test every cable boot. Just have a design guide that says “Don’t put buttons above or below ports.”
minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·2 days agoThat can be difficult to accomplish…
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoLooks like they learnt and made a recess for the buttons.
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 days agoAnd it’s not in the center of the port. It’s in between two ports where a boot should never be in the way.
Just saying, this is not the fault of a single engineer but of a whole company that didn’t think “try all common cable types” should be a required testing step before a network switch goes into mass production.
Cisco is where good engineering goes to die.
You don’t have to test every cable boot. Just have a design guide that says “Don’t put buttons above or below ports.”
That can be difficult to accomplish…
Looks like they learnt and made a recess for the buttons.
And it’s not in the center of the port. It’s in between two ports where a boot should never be in the way.
That as well