> Just in case anybody thinks of actually doing this, I've heard that it > is a bad idea (read: fried components) because of the different > electrical ground potential (or something like that) in each house. > > Somebody with some electrical engineering knowledge (that's you Volker!) > could put us right.
As far as I can figure out UTP is transformer isolated on the cards. Well at least the data sheets that I looked at a while ago said so (when I was looking at developing a Micro-controller based web server for a competition) There is no problems with grounds, different phases etc when things are isolated.... which was one of the fall downs of the old coax system. Im not sure what the MAX Isolation voltage is though... would have to look up a data sheet first (If I can find it). If you are concerned about electrical problems you could always use a Fibre-Optic Link ;-) Mike. -- Linux Rocks!!
