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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. Re:mirror by Oliver+Aaltonen · · Score: 0, Redundant

    And just in case... in case... http://download.aaltonen.us/17440.pdf

  2. Security Risk by PSL · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Imagine how easy it would be to hide one of these on a corporate network? Backdoor to anything.

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  3. Re:The article (I hate PDF) by Black+Rabbit · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Doesn't look like there's a jack to plug it in, so I'm assuming that the thing runs off one of the lines in the ethernet cable, something like the way a phone is powered. Not knowing enough about some of the voltages and levels on that cable, is this a possibility, meaning that no dedicated "externa;" pwer supply is needed?