On Tuesday 06 December 2005 13:35, Robert Collins wrote: > On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 10:41 +1100, James Gray wrote: > > > AIUI austel certification only kicks in if you are connecting the thing > > > to the phone network. If you happen to have a bunch of copper in the > > > walls, that is not connected to the public network - it does not apply. > > > > And by "connected to the public network" they mean "in any way through > > any device". So even if you isolate your network from the public one > > with a router or modem etc, you're still deemed to be "connected". Not > > sure if you're still deemed to be connected if the external/public link > > is wireless though (they are more concerned about electrical isolation > > than spurious data). > > > > At tleast this was how the regs were written back in '95 when I was > > AUSTel Certified. Things may have changed - usual disclaimers apply. > > Jesus thats scarey. Why isn't my power socket AUSTel certified ?
Because the assumption is that you are using AUSTel approved network/telephone equipment which has been certified to meet the isolation requirements. I've personally seen what happens to a thin-ether (10base2) network when a PC's power supply decided to send all 240VAC through the motherboard and hence the network card. Goodnight Irene for everything else too. However, the same machine had an AUSTel certified internal (ISA) modem - the PABX it was running through was untouched. See the difference? James -- Lady Luck brings added income today. Lady friend takes it away tonight. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
