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How on earth did he manage that? Didn't the barbs cause shorts where they touched the individual twisted metal strands?
by na85 12y ago
How on earth did he manage that? Didn't the barbs cause shorts where they touched the individual twisted metal strands?
- mrbill 12y agoCisco actually demonstrated Ethernet over barbed wire (and other materials) back in '02. http://slashdot.org/story/02/01/03/2039218/ethernet-over-assorted-materials http://slashdot.org/story/02/01/03/2039218/ethernet-over-ass...
- vacri 12y agoBarbs are wrapped around the twin wires, yes, but the twin wires are already touching each other. But a fence will usually have more than one strand of wire (though not always barbed) - I imagine one stand was Tx and a different strand was Rx.
- steverb 12y agoYes. That was more or less how he did it. Spliced some coax to alligator clips. One strand for the inner, one strand for the outer (if memory serves).