Re: Weirdo Twinax Address Problem

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxx>]

Jeff Crosby wrote:
> 
> Jerome Draper wrote:
> 
> > Ahaa.  The twinax demon is at work on Jeff's head.  Beware of the
> > jabberwocky too.  I suspect bad twinax cabling because, even though it
> > works fine, when you touch it, it fails.  Perform the following two tests:
> 
> I will try those tests.  I _did_ try 2 different cables yesterday on the
> off shot that it was a bad cable.  'Course I could have _2_ bad cables .
> . .

Both of the cables I tried adding to that port yesterday were OK.  But,
would you believe . . . 2 of the 3 _existing_ cables on that port were
bad.  Both of them failed the "twist the end" test.  Yet both of them
test OK when plugged into my twinax cable tester!

I may take up Roger's advice on the single malt though . . . <g>

Thanks to everyone who responded.

-- 
-Jeff

jlcrosby@fwi.com
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