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It's called cable lacing... And CO guys have done it forever. Looks really pretty, but it's a pain in the butt to do. :) And sucks if you have to rip a cable out to replace things. Other than that, check out: http://www.dairiki.org/hammond/cable-lacing-howto/ Cheers, Scott PS. A really good pair of flush cuts (wire snips, but not the "diamond-cut" ones) will help with the tie wraps too! -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Mahoney, System Admin Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 7:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Cable-Tying with Waxed Twine Hey all, This seems a wee bit off topic, but definitely relates to network operations (somewhere below layer 1) and I can't think of a better place to ask. Upon leaving a router at telx and asking one of their techs to plug in the equipment for me, I came back to find all my cat5 cables neatly tied with some sort of waxed twine, using an interesting looping knot pattern that repeated every six inches or so using a single piece of string. For some reason, I found this trick really cool. I have tried googling for the method, (it's apparently standard, I've seen it in play elsewhere), and for the type of twine, but had little luck. I was wondering if any of the gurus out there would care to share what this knot-pattern is actually called, and/or if there's a (illustrated) howto somewhere? -Dan "Tired of getting scratched up by jagged cable ties" Mahoney -- --------Dan Mahoney-------- Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org ---------------------------
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