Topic: Oh Ed...

[MacGyver]

This was in my box this morning, and I couldn't help, but think of our resident guru.

RJ45 - A Case of Mistaken Identity

https://www.flukenetworks.com/blog/cabling-chronicles/history-rj45-case-mistaken-identity?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTXpWalpEUmxObUUzT1RRdyIsInQiOiJtaVZoeEJhXC92OVwvZXUzb3lGTDJkK0sraHRQREpvMXdVMGRXVFRhWDdrYVRnaVZLQk5HeGFHODFHME0rdzBlV1wvK0E5MTdlSEttNWVuYXYrNjdCSmNuVThLNlByaXRGQXB5VzQ2UnhxbzFJXC9UUmVib0dBdHU3OVBVc2w5dWhqR1oifQ%3D%3D

Our industry commonly uses the term “RJ45” to refer to the modular 8-position, 8-contact (8P8C) interface deployed for Ethernet over copper twisted-pair network cabling despite it pretty much being a case of mistaken identity.

But since the RJ45 name has stuck, we thought maybe we’d take a closer look at the history of this nomenclature and why to this day, it remains the de facto interface for twisted-pair Ethernet applications.

[ttech]

I was thinking the same thing when I got the email from Fluke.

[EV607797]

Bless your hearts (the right way) for thinking of me.  My latest trick in those conversations is to say, "oh, you mean like an RJ48?"

That blows their minds as I snicker in silence.