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

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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.

https://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2963:_House_Inputs_and_Outputs

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[-] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee 8 points 5 months ago

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

[-] BenM2023@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 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...

[-] communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 1 points 5 months ago

I use a powerline network adapter to this day

[-] null@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 months ago

That's Ethernet over power

[-] communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 1 points 5 months ago

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

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