Told myself I'd never use a label maker for cable management

Hit 50 labeled patch cables in the server room today and I gotta admit, it made tracing a bad line take 2 minutes instead of 20. Anybody else cave on something they swore was overkill?

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lisa_bennett9d ago

Oh, that feeling when you realize your younger self was wrong about something practical. I fought buying a label maker for years. Told myself it was just another gadget that would gather dust. Then I spent three hours untangling Christmas lights because I had wrapped them up without labels the year before. That was the moment I gave in. Now I label everything from Ethernet cables to storage bins. It feels silly at first, but the time it saves is no joke.

blair_lewis854d ago

My buddy Mike said the same thing about labeling his home network gear. He spent a whole Saturday tracing a bad drop last summer and finally gave in, now he's got labels on everything including his power strips.