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From: jshelton@zodiac.ads.com (John L. Shelton)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: removing ethernet taps
Keywords: ethernet hardware
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Date: 5 Aug 88 15:08:32 GMT
References: <437@mitisft.Convergent.COM>
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Organization: Advanced Decision Systems, Mt. View, CA (415) 960-7300
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In article <437@mitisft.Convergent.COM> andrew@mitisft.Convergent.COM (Andrew Knutsen) writes:
>
>	We're re-doing our building ethernets, and the issue has come up
>of what the best thing is to do to a yellow cable after a tapped transceiver
>is removed.  The choices seem to be:
>...

Either leave the tap, if you suspect you might re-use it someday, or
remove the tap, and wrap the ethernet with electrical tape.  We have
never had a problem with doing either.

=John=