[159109] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Thomas)
Fri Dec 21 15:07:53 2012
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:04:52 -0800
From: Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com>
To: Aled Morris <aledm@qix.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <CAO1bj=YmLmcUgQjZm5M_HaeHy2zeO=JW4W3GcoLC5aMEuqZP4g@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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On 12/21/2012 12:00 PM, Aled Morris wrote:
> On 21 December 2012 18:22, Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net> wrote:
>
>> I will say that one nice thing about having different connectors for
>> different protocols (on consumer devices anyway) is that you don't have
>> to worry about somebody plugging the Internet into the "Video 1" port
>> and wondering why they aren't getting a picture.
>>
>>
>>
> I do agree but I also think that for HDMI Ethernet your TV (which is the
> device with lots of HDMI sockets) will act as an Ethernet switch, so there
> shouldn't be any "Ethernet enabled" vs. "Video Enabled" ports.
>
> Now of course that means you probably need Spanning Tree in your domestic
> appliances.
>
In this day and age exactly how hard is this? Since it's all linux
under the hood, isn't it just a brctl away?
Mike
