minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink23•1 day 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-squareslazer2aulinkEnglish9•1 day 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-squareslazer2aulinkEnglish12•1 day agoLooks like they learnt and made a recess for the buttons.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish17•1 day 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