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xkcd #2963: House Inputs and Outputs (xkcd.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/xkcd

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People think power over ethernet is so great, and yet when I try to do water over ethernet everyone yells at me.

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[–] Cocodapuf 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Do you know anyone who actually uses power over Ethernet? Every motherboard I've ever bought supports it, but I don't know anyone who uses it.

Although the inverse, networking through your power line certainly used to be a thing. It looks like people still do it sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

PoE is amazing for certain devices. Cameras (including video doorbells), and WiFi equipment.

[–] BenM2023 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I use it on every phone handset at work... I guess it's the switch PoE not the pc mobo but the effect is the same. If you are talking pc mobo PoE I guess it could be handy if you had a PoE camera...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I use a powerline network adapter to this day

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's Ethernet over power

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I know, I was responding to him saying that used to be done