the connector is the network

[Robert L. Krawitz]

The local solution:

The Sun, and most ethernet cables, have a couple of small washers between
the stud and the body of the connector.  This makes the top of the studs
stick out further (about 1 or 2 mm), and it restricts how closely the
connectors can be coupled.  Removing all the washers (typically two each
per side for the cable and the port, or eight total) allows the cables to
be mated very tightly.  It also leaves the slide clip in place (but
difficult to move; you'll need a screwdriver or the like to move it if you
do it properly; this is a feature rather than a bug) to provide some extra
protection.

ames >>>>>>>>>  |	Robert Krawitz <rlk at think.com>	245 First St.
bloom-beacon >  |think!rlk	(postmaster)		Cambridge, MA  02142
harvard >>>>>>  .	Thinking Machines Corp.		(617)876-1111