On Sat, 6 Oct 2018, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
Btw. instead of crimping a telephone cable again and
again or replacing
it by a new cable, I removed the RJ jack and soldered the cable to the
telephone. RJ as well as TAE jacks and sockets are a PITA for usage
with gear that gets moved. I never had an issue with RJ jacks and
sockets for LAN, since I don't walk around with my PC, router etc., but
I do with my wired telephones. I know, wired telephones are weird ;).
There are more robust ethernet rj45 solutions:
https://www.avshop.ca/wire-amp-cable-connectors-ethernet/neutrik-ne8fdp-rj4…
https://www.avshop.ca/wire-amp-cable-connectors-ethernet/neutrik-ne8mc-1-et…
I don't know if the cycle count improves at all though.
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Len Ovens
www.ovenwerks.net