Ethernet is all signal, no power. You couldn't charge your iPod or iPhone with your sync cable, nor would your mouse or keyboard work without batteries.
It's a nice idea though... Ethernet along with the usual IP and TCP/UDP slapped on top are very mature standards that are easy to implement and troubleshoot. The recent debacle rolling out huge SAN networks at my company (for Sun servers) has me rethinking the viability of NAS just for those reasons.
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Ethernet is all signal, no power. You couldn't charge your iPod or iPhone with your sync cable, nor would your mouse or keyboard work without batteries.
It's a nice idea though... Ethernet along with the usual IP and TCP/UDP slapped on top are very mature standards that are easy to implement and troubleshoot. The recent debacle rolling out huge SAN networks at my company (for Sun servers) has me rethinking the viability of NAS just for those reasons.