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Web Server Packed into RJ45 Connector

Posted by chrisd on from the promiscuous-mode-on dept.

VinceTronics writes "Electronic Design magazine has a review (.pdf) of the XPort by Lantronix, a product that packs an entire web server into the volume of an RJ45 connector! This includes an 80186 controller, an OS, the TCP/IP stack, a 10/100 Ethernet transceiver, and the LAN interface magnetics. Downside is that the serial interface to the controller tops out at 300 kbps, but for $33 (in 10K quantities) it's a cool, easy way to net-enable just about anything."

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  1. Yes it is a web server by IWannaBeAnAC · · Score: 5, Informative
    From the product description link, helpfully included in the main story...

    Although it is smaller than your thumb, the XPort contains all of the hardware and software required to Web-enable any device, including:

    10Base-T/100Base-TX auto-sensing Ethernet connection
    Mature, robust operating system
    Embedded HTTP-compliant Web server
    Programmable e-mail alerts
    Extensive networking protocol suite including full TCP/IP stack
    128-bit AES Rijndael encryption