Grounding Ethernet Cable on a Ship?

wrschaeffer asks: "On a ship (a vessel at sea) where a floating ground exists, we are running shielded Ethernet cable to connect between 5 and 10 PC in our LAN. We are unsure on the grounding requirement. ABS (American Bureau of Shipping) has no requirements concerning grounding of Ethernet cable (just smoke and waterproof standards). We have many possibilities: ground one end; ground every end; ground every end and install a isolation transformer at the punch-down block; or don't ground any end. What should we do?"

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Re:don't ask slashdot this

[jericho4.0]

Ummm. Come back and read the intelligent, well thought out responses to the question from pros, and then say that. 99% of /. is off somewhere else carping about MS vs. Linux vs. jar jar binks.