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asimpletune
on March 22, 2023
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Bob Metcalfe wins Turing Award
Yeah, it’s a very cool trick that surprises a lot of people when they learn that only half the wires are used.
jacquesm
on March 22, 2023
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Not for gigabit ethernet and good luck picking up the pieces if you find yourself splitting a power-over-ethernet setup :)
bombcar
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Reminds me of the "REAL" power over ethernet:
http://www.fiftythree.org/etherkiller/
jacquesm
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Hehe, I remember that page :) Thanks!
Some of the captions are quite funny.
em-bee
on March 22, 2023
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using a splitter is usually a temporary solution, and i am unlikely to be sharing a port with a PoE device. nor do i care about gigabit speed when the only reason to use a splitter is to make up for missing wifi.
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