Someone on r/HomeNetworking cursed whoever invented the RJ45 connector, and in the comments, Richard Benett, vice-chair of the first IEEE 802.3 task group that wrote a standard around RJ-45-style connector, appears and offers to take the blame.
I will point out that the "RJ45" connector is not. RJ45 is a standard that refers to both a connector and a wiring order, and the connector used in the RJ45 standard is not the same as the unkeyed 8P8C used on Ethernet cables.
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Reminds me of something from a few months ago:
Someone on r/HomeNetworking cursed whoever invented the RJ45 connector, and in the comments, Richard Benett, vice-chair of the first IEEE 802.3 task group that wrote a standard around RJ-45-style connector, appears and offers to take the blame.
That led to this short documentary: "TWISTED: The dramatic history of twisted-pair Ethernet" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8PP5IHsL8Y
And here's a link to that particular Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/comments/1dsfv5f/to_...
link to the old.reddit.com version for an actually readable page: https://old.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/comments/1dsfv5f/to_...
I will point out that the "RJ45" connector is not. RJ45 is a standard that refers to both a connector and a wiring order, and the connector used in the RJ45 standard is not the same as the unkeyed 8P8C used on Ethernet cables.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_connector#8P8C
When it comes to connectors in IT the RJ45 and RJ12 are among the saner ones.
One of my favorite examples of odd connectors has to be the massively clunky hermaphroditic Token Ring connector from IBM.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/IBM_herm...
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/IBMtrcon...
https://imgur.com/found-old-ibm-cable-while-cleaning-up-ware...