top | item 42744028

(no title)

polpo | 1 year ago

I don't mind calling the connector an RJ45, but calling this thing an "RJ45 dongle" makes my eye twitch. It's an Ethernet dongle - RJ45 can be used for a lot of other things. For example I've seen "RJ45 dongles" that convert USB to RS232 serial for the console ports on a lot of networking equipment.

discuss

order

sgerenser|1 year ago

At least they didn’t call it a wired WiFi dongle.

RyJones|1 year ago

I did wired WiFi for CES one year. Made having our iot devices on WiFi on the floor much better than other vendors. It’s a long boring story but it was a fun hack.

account42|1 year ago

But ethernet is also used with different connectors so that wouldn't be specific enough either.

Maybe we can all agree to call them Ethernet over unkeyed 8P8C dongles.