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They already have those. It's called the etherkiller and I don't reccomend you buy one.

http://www.fiftythree.org/etherkiller/

http://www.fiftythree.org/etherkiller/img/etherkil ler.jpg

You got it.

I use this for my Power-over-Ethernet needs :)

I'm not sure what standards it supports, but it's cheap to manufacture!

Apparently, my cousin has Ethernet over Power, that was installed by The Internet Service Guy...

Does the cord for it look something like this?

http://www.fiftythree.org/etherkiller/

My Mom has signed onto it too as part of their trial service. She was previously a zoomtown customer. I've had some issues with it dropping packets, and it seems to be pretty sensitive to where the "modem" (or whatever they call it) is plugged into your wall.

At first we just plugged it in wherever in the house we were using the computer near an outlet, and that worked ok. It was like having a home network with just a little added inconvenience. People apparantly liked the mobility of that, but didn't like dropping packets. They hooked my mom up with a wireless router, and tested all the outlets in the house to find the most stable one to hook it up to. The device is about 3"x4"x2".

I'm pretty sure they have to install something in the power system to enable it for an area. (At the transformer level maybe?)

I'm not sure Cincinnati was such a great choice for where to try this out first. We aren't the most tech savvy of places, and a lot of homes around here are pretty old and probably haven't had their wiring replaced in 50 years. It seems like a pretty adverse environment to be testing it in.

All in all, its pretty cool, although it gives me the willies plugging my ethernet cable directly into the wall socket some times. (http://www.fiftythree.org/etherkiller/) I wonder what happens when the device starts to go bad?

Fiskars makes the ultimate in firewall protection for Windows systems.

My second choice would be a quality Etherkiller.

Yes, there is a place for a $500 ethernet card, far, far away from this guy.

Don't use this one.

I've always used this method for powering computers over ethernet. It even works for those high end desktops. Plus I don't have tons of cables under my desk.

Give it a try.

Actually, they do make a device designed for exactly this purpose!

IDE drive "cleaner"

here

Easy, just use the Etherkiller.

(actually, not really; it'd just fry the controller, not the data on the disk)

Goes this way too :D bwahaha

You only need an adapter.

http://www.fiftythree.org/etherkiller/

Have a closeup image, too.

Have a closeup image, too.

clicky

Tee hee

Easy. I think a little 110VAC over IP should do it.

Power over ethernet? Bah! Here's a few more uses for power over anything!

etherkiller

How can this list be considered even remotely complete? What about the personalized Louisville Slugger, the noble etherkiller and (for your Tier 1 types who work in volume) the 1200-bung-per-hour-rated Jarvis Sow Bung Dropper?

Oh, wait, this is a review of anti-spam products, not anti-spammer products. Never mind.

Here's one killer that does what it claims.

One of these would probably do.

simulate lightening by plugging a network cable into a 220V plug

Enter the Etherkiller.

... for something from these guys to handle these.

We can't forget the beauty that is The Etherkiller, can we?

In a somewhat unrelated (and more painful) story, using my vast intellect I once attempted to replace a PCI card (of some sort) in a running computer and shocked the shit out of myself. Twice

You must disconnect the PCI killer before messing with your PCI slots ;)

What, you didn't use PCI killer? Then how in the world did you manage to shock yourself? Did you plug your fingers into a power outlet at teh same time? There isn't a single line that carries any appreciably high voltage to the PCI connectors - if you touched something you're not supposed to, you wouldn't feel a thing.

In the same vein as the "Etherkiller": Take an extension cord, lop off the socket end, attach 3.5mm headphone jack.

I'll leave the rest to your imagination ;)

Maybe you're thinking of the one, the only, the EtherKiller!

That would be the, er, etherkiller! (Also AUI killer, VGA killer, BNC killer, etc, etc, etc on that link!)

Are you absolutely sure it supports power over ethernet?

You may think you're joking, but you obviously haven't seen this.

Well, it's not a stick ticker, but it is CAT-5 in a power outlet. Have fun kiddies.

• First, it is possible for someone, particularly with some technical knowledge and a lot of malice, to do serious damage. All the IT folk on Slashdot probably have horror stories about just what someone whose technical knowledge consists of "I can start Windows, so I must know everything" can do to a major system. For a worse scenario, imagine what would happen if an IT tech, angry about his/her job going to India, came in with an Etherkiller and plugged it into various servers, routers, and other important equipment. One person, with unsupervised access and the right tools, could easily do thousands or millions of dollars worth of damage in 15 minutes or so. While this might not be a common scenario, the risk is great enough that it's a good idea to protect against it.
• Second, there's legacy. If your datacenter was established back in the Dark Ages, it may well have been designed to house a timeshare system where one terminal had "root" powers. Obviously, in that case, physical access to the root console should be guarded as jealously as one would guard the root password to an important box today. Even if the system requiring this security is long gone from your datacenter, it's cheaper to leave the security equipment in place than to spend money to take it out.
• Finally, the higher-ups like to see a machine room with security like a bank vault; after all, they have probably invested millions into the machines (or are considering doing so), and they want to feel protected. While it's true that the money that went to a 2-ton vault door for the server room probably would be better spent hiring another admin to help keep the system in good shape and make sure all the patches are up-to-date, the people with the money would rather have the feeling of totally impregnable security than admit to themselves that nothing is ever totally secure. After all, they can't appreciate a well-configured firewall, but a massive door with biometric authorization and a 12-digit access code feels secure to just about anyone.

And quite dangerous.

I mean, really, who expects this to work

...the USB killer, a device like the Etherkiller, but for USB devices instead.

I think this would bring down a network quicker than the worst Slashdotting. My favorite is the powered hub, but I think the hard drive killer is nice, too.

Ok, so maybe this wasn't exactly what they were talking about. It's still kind of fun though...

The Etherkiller

(Gee, I hope that server doesn't go down in flames because I linked to it)

Just don't plug it into the Ether Killer.

They demonstrated a tripling of the throughput of the machine with those soup-it-up fans! That's impressive. I'll bet that's better than the fan-and-heatsink donor got from his Athlon. It's too bad they couldn't get that "1 Roll eXtreme Duck Tape" to physically support the twin 120 volt fans to really cool off the beast. My experience with these (shredder) devices is that there is another metric besides raw throughput that makes all the difference in perceived "beastliness", and that's the speed of the feeder, analogous to the "first page" speed of a printer, except obviously the opposite. And as long as they have to run 120 VAC to it, they can add all sorts of lights and stuff. (For more 120 VAC computer projects, see etherkillers). Maybe with some tweaking they can hack a truly useful device that attaches to the output bin of a fast printer, and shreds as fast as the pages come out. Then they can haul away the incriminating evidence as fast as it's output.

Better yet, plug an Etherkiller into the main switch.

see this site for the whole line etherkiller products I think the isa killer is the best

Hmm...

the site may be down but now you too can recreate the wacky antics of hardware failure.

plug in one of these and hilarity will ensue.

What happens when guys in IT departments get bored or "fed up" with hardware? Try hooking up common computer cables and connectors to 110vac for the purpose of destruction =) I especially like VGA killer and the "powered" hub!
Check it out at http://www.fiftythree.org/etherkiller/ (I've actually had the honor of seeing these things up close, and they're every bit as cool as you'd think! =)