10BaseT Friendlynet media adapter

From: r. 'bear' stricklin <red_at_bears.org>
Date: Fri Feb 8 14:07:33 2002

On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Chris wrote:

> I have always wanted to just plug that AAUI to RJ45 cable into a hub and
> see if it works without the box... but I have never been willing to risk
> frying something.

You won't fry anything, but it doesn't work.

I found one of these AAUI-RJ45 cables a while ago, and thought, "that
can't work, can it?"

I couldn't figure out what else it might've been for, so I grabbed it, and
sure enough, it doesn't work. Now at least I know what it was for.

Folks were forgetting a few threads ago that the ethernet spec defines
media interfaces which are electrically isolated to 400 volts. Want to
know more? Search Google Groups for "etherkiller" in alt.sysadmin.recovery.

ok
r.
Received on Fri Feb 08 2002 - 14:07:33 GMT