Nerd gang signs - let's play a game

Nerd gang signs - let's play a game
from muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 29 Jun 02:02
https://sh.itjust.works/post/62578058

Green stripe, green, orange stripe, blue, blue stripe orange, brown stripe, brown, upvote.

And the savages who use orange stripe, orange, green stripe, blue, blue stripe, green, brown stripe, brown, downvote.

Post below for the slapfight.

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Kolanaki@pawb.social on 29 Jun 02:05 next collapse

Screw your standards, I’ll lay the cables in whatever order I like; it’s my ethernet cable after all. 😤

muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works on 29 Jun 02:06 next collapse

Get him! Kill the non-believer! Your rabbit god is ridiculous in the face of our duck god!

irmadlad@lemmy.world on 29 Jun 03:01 collapse

That got a knowing nod and a chuckle out of me.

GeneralDingus@lemmy.cafe on 29 Jun 02:23 next collapse

To be honest, I have no preference, I just followed whatever order guide was on my crimper. Didn’t seem to matter.

muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works on 29 Jun 02:50 collapse

Practically it doesn’t matter. I use type A because I memorized that order and it’s never caused a problem so I stuck with it.

It’s kind of a weird joke that type A and B exist at all. Both work. Neither solve a problem the other couldn’t.

Crimp both ends the same and it’s fine. But is funny to have this silly little debate.

Winning@lemmy.world on 29 Jun 08:07 next collapse

I used a little self motivator to memorize B. “If you’re blue inside, it ends in shit.” That puts solid brown at the end, and keeps straight the blue/green pairs in the middle.

slazer2au@lemmy.world on 29 Jun 08:13 collapse

There is a reason they exist. It called crossover cables from the days before Auto MID-X.

The days before 100Mb NICs you had to crossover somewhere for connecting 2 like devices otherwise both devices would tx and Rx on the same pins.

muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works on 29 Jun 13:52 collapse

Yea I remember old crossover cables. But was the crossover type A on one end and type B on the other?

slazer2au@lemmy.world on 29 Jun 15:49 collapse

Yep

iconic_admin@lemmy.world on 29 Jun 02:29 next collapse

568B or nothing at all.

muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works on 29 Jun 02:52 collapse

Bah. People like you are why tamper resistant outlets are a thing.

MuttMutt@lemmy.world on 29 Jun 03:08 next collapse

I learned B I 2002. I can make either but have to really think about A while I’m making it.

Over the distance I’m running cables (about 60 feet total for the longest runs) it really doesn’t matter. I’m running fiber for anything beyond gigabit anyway so I say aquamarine, violet, and lime green for lyfe.

i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca on 29 Jun 03:28 next collapse

568C (the C is for chaos)

Wire in whatever way they fall in by themselves.

Then rewire the pins on the NICs so they can communicate.

It’s not so bad once you level up your soldering skills.

muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works on 29 Jun 13:55 collapse

I hate soldering. I’m somehow better at welding than soldering.

mranderson17@infosec.pub on 29 Jun 04:25 next collapse

TIL I’m a savage lol

CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone on 29 Jun 06:02 next collapse

I use B but not for any particular reason other than it was what was used to teach me to crimp.

slazer2au@lemmy.world on 29 Jun 08:24 collapse

Real gangs use TIA-598-C