Ancestors

Written by Joel Michael on 2025-01-21 at 04:29

Finally I have a wired network back into the lounge room. It’s only taken a couple of years to get around to fixing it…

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Written by Joel Michael on 2025-01-21 at 04:33

All credit where it’s due: the armoured fibre optic cable running from the lounge room, across the front entrance hallway, to the study, is showing signs of battle-damage but it’s still providing a solid connection.

EDIT: photos of the carnage

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Toot

Written by Allie on 2025-01-21 at 04:38

@jpm pity Vocus didn't use one of them

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Descendants

Written by Joel Michael on 2025-01-21 at 04:40

@grissallia of course not, these are like 3x the price of a normal patch cable, but the steel spiral braid definitely works for “high-traffic areas”

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Written by sortius on 2025-01-21 at 04:43

@jpm @grissallia I might have to get one eventually, but I have a spare cable for the floor-to-floor connection as is, so that won't be a while yet

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Written by Joel Michael on 2025-01-21 at 05:16

@sortius @grissallia now with added photos of the carnage

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Written by sortius on 2025-01-21 at 05:17

@jpm @grissallia that's pretty good. Especially as those stupid rubber cable protectors are trip hazards in and of themselves

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Written by Joel Michael on 2025-01-21 at 05:47

@sortius @grissallia yep, I’m absolutely a convert to running fibre cables through the house if you can’t go through walls. The other half of the trick is to use the small 3M Command hooks, which are perfect because fibre cables are so small and light that you can run them across the ceiling instead of the floor

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