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Re:Meet the BRCK by marquis on Monday December 02, 2013 @08:54PM (#6838004)
RJ47 is ethernet.
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Re:Meet the BRCK by tomphoolery on Monday December 02, 2013 @09:24PM (#6838090)
When did it go up two points? Last time I checked it was RJ45.

I guess more people value the internet now so naturally RJ is going to rise. ;)

edit: Oh. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070313080701AA...

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Re:Meet the BRCK by aptwebapps on Monday December 02, 2013 @09:43PM (#6838154)
The selected Yahoo Answer is wrong. RJ11 is for phones, RJ45 ethernet, and RJ47 is either a typo or a part number or something.
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Re:Meet the BRCK by mt3ck on Monday December 02, 2013 @09:00PM (#6838023)
More specifically, its the 'connector' piece of the cable, not really the ethernet. It stands for Registered Jack-47 and is more or less a standardization for 'connectors' or jacks.
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Re:Meet the BRCK by dvanduzer on Monday December 02, 2013 @09:20PM (#6838085)
If there is such a thing as Registered Jack 47, it's gotta be the most obscure engineering standard on the planet.

Based on the context, I'm not sure they even meant to say RJ45, since they mention Ethernet over USB elsewhere in the blurb.

edit: They explicitly say 10/100 RJ45 port later, so it's probably just a typo.

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Re:Meet the BRCK by marquis on Monday December 02, 2013 @11:48PM (#6838568)
Yeah, super obscure. It does exist but rarely mentioned.

http://www.discount-low-voltage.com/Connectivity/Shielded-Pl...

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Re:Meet the BRCK by dvanduzer on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @12:00AM (#6838617)
Incontrovertible evidence. Thanks!
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Re:Meet the BRCK by ars_technician on Monday December 02, 2013 @10:24PM (#6838277)
No it's not. RJ45 is what you're thinking of.
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