Re: Speaking serial out RJ-45 jack

[Dave Smith]

Nicholas Leippe wrote:
However, in theory I can just tell my computer to speak serial out my
ethernet port.
    
No, in theory and in practice, you can't. They are totally different 
electrical specifications.
  

Just to clarify, the reason Nicholas is right is because of the Ethernet 
MAC and PHY on your computer, which can't speak RS-232.

--Dave

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