I was media agnostic once, made me burp
On Thu, Sep 9, 2021, 10:04 AM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ethernet is media agnostic. Fiber is a specific flavor. Likewise, cat5
> would just be media specific.
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> bp
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> On 9/9/2021 8:58 AM, Nate Burke wrote:
> > I'm watching the live spacewalk that is on. They keep referencing
> > that they are routing a new 'Ethernet' cable on the outside of the
> > spacestation as a redundant data path between 2 modules. I would
> > think that they would do everything as Fiber to prevent RF
> > Interference. Is it because they just recently upgraded the computers
> > from Token Ring? Or is it really a fiber line, and they just keep
> > calling it Ethernet. Or are Fiber components really heavy to lift
> > into space, or big power draws?
> >
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