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Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed?
From: Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:04:52 -0800
On 12/21/2012 12:00 PM, Aled Morris wrote:
On 21 December 2012 18:22, Chris Adams <cmadams () hiwaay net> wrote:I will say that one nice thing about having different connectors for different protocols (on consumer devices anyway) is that you don't have to worry about somebody plugging the Internet into the "Video 1" port and wondering why they aren't getting a picture.I do agree but I also think that for HDMI Ethernet your TV (which is the device with lots of HDMI sockets) will act as an Ethernet switch, so there shouldn't be any "Ethernet enabled" vs. "Video Enabled" ports. Now of course that means you probably need Spanning Tree in your domestic appliances.
In this day and age exactly how hard is this? Since it's all linux under the hood, isn't it just a brctl away? Mike
Current thread:
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed?, (continued)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Jeroen van Aart (Dec 20)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Warren Bailey (Dec 20)
- RE: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Jamie Bowden (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Eugen Leitl (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Aled Morris (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Michael Thomas (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Tony Finch (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Michael Thomas (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Chris Adams (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Aled Morris (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Michael Thomas (Dec 21)
- RE: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Naslund, Steve (Dec 21)
- RE: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Naslund, Steve (Dec 21)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? William Herrin (Dec 20)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Michael Thomas (Dec 20)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Lyndon Nerenberg (Dec 20)
- Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed? Michael Thomas (Dec 20)