• Tyfud@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      The protective boot is optional on the RJ45 CAT5/6 specification. I suspect they likely didn’t test with all the different RJ45 variants dongles.

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      11 months ago

      QA budget is real low. They can only afford the ones that are bare copper stuffed into a RJ45.

      If they’re lucky a DIY job with no exposed pairs outside the RJ45