Fancy Answer: Zip Tie Labels like this: https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-2934/Cable-Ties-Security-Identification/Vertical-Identification-Ties-7

 

Less-Fancy (Cheaper) Answer: White electrical tape wrapped around the cable and taped to itself to make a hand-made tag and an extra fine point Sharpie.

 

Please not this:  Sharpie directly on the cable.  It’s too hard to first find and then read...

 

I’ve found colors are challenging to identify in dimly lit areas (esp. if folks are a bit color blind) and color-coded cables are a pain because you have to have all the different colors for your color coding scheme on hand.  For a small installation that isn’t going to change... ever... color is great and looks nice, but in the real world... I always seemed to be out of stock the color I needed.

 

My 2 cents,

Pat

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Patrick J. Clemins

Cyber Specialist, Vermont EPSCoR

Asst Research Professor, Dept of Computer Science, University of Vermont

23 Mansfield Avenue, Burlington, VT 05405-0215

Phone: (802) 448-2188 • Fax: (802) 656-2950

Email: [log in to unmask]

Website: www.uvm.edu/EPSCoR

 

From: School Information Technology Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Keith Puffer
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2017 1:03 PM
To: Patrick J Clemins <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Network Cable ID

 

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