Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Ask Slashdot: Clever Cable Management?

Posted by Soulskill on from the bartering-with-entropy dept.

sooth... writes "What clever ways have network administrators found to cleanly sort varying length patch cables within IDFs, BDFs, and MDFs or simply wiring closets? Pictures or examples are welcome." Since not everyone is a network administrator, let's expand this to include efficient or clever management of other cables. How do you route your computer cables (internal or external), your entertainment center cables, or any other corded setup?

1 of 374 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Do not forget Plastic Spiral Cable Wrap! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    FYI, don't use lmgtfy in links. The WHOLE POINT of links is to assist people in locating information, and you're kind of being a dick who can't use the web by NOT providing that assistance (no offense, it applies to us all). So providing that assistance indirectly, with a slow, tedious lmgtfy link is almost as bad.