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Re:Teaching a cheap ethernet switch new tricks (2019) by aksss on Monday September 27, 2021 @05:49PM (#28676464)
Ethernet over coax? That’s some OG networking. Break out those 10base5 adapters from ur possibles box. I guess this is also the time to bring up the obligatory Ethernet over barbed wire solution: http://www.sigcon.com/Pubs/edn/SoGoodBarbedWire.htm
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Re:Teaching a cheap ethernet switch new tricks (2019) by phibz on Monday September 27, 2021 @09:43PM (#28678351)
They're talking about MoCA, multimedia over coax. The standard is from 2006 and runs over regular household rg59 or rg6 coax.

That being said, I've worked with 10base5. Drilling for a vampire tap in an open elevator shaft is its own form of exciting.

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