#Ethernet Power Cable

[rashri]

Ethernet cable vs network cable - what are the differences?

When setting up a network, whether it's for your home or office, one of the key components you'll need is cables to connect your devices. Two common types of cables used in networking are Ethernet cables and network cables. While these terms are often used interchangeably, there are differences between them. Here, we will explore the distinctions between Ethernet cables and network cables, and provide insights into choosing the best option for your networking needs.

1. Ethernet Cables:

Ethernet cables are a specific type of network cable that is commonly used to connect devices within a local area network (LAN). These cables typically have an RJ45 connector at each end, which is designed to plug into Ethernet ports on computers, routers, switches, and other network devices. Ethernet cables are used to transmit data using the Ethernet protocol, which defines standards for communication and data transfer within a network.

2. Network Cables:

Network cables, on the other hand, refer to a broader category of cables used for networking purposes. While Ethernet cables are a type of network cable, not all network cables are Ethernet cables. Network cables encompass a variety of cable types and standards, including Ethernet, coaxial, and fiber optic cables. These cables may be used for different networking technologies and applications, such as connecting devices to the internet, linking network switches, or connecting devices to a server.

3. Differences Between Ethernet Cables and Network Cables:

The main differences between Ethernet cables and network cables lie in their specific applications and standards:

- Ethernet cables adhere to the Ethernet standard, which specifies protocols and hardware requirements for Ethernet networking. These cables are typically used for local area networks (LANs) and follow standards such as Cat5e, Cat6, and Cat6a for data transmission.

- Network cables encompass a broader range of cable types and standards, including Ethernet, coaxial, and fiber optic cables. While Ethernet cables are a subset of network cables, other types of network cables may be used for different networking technologies and applications.

4. Choosing the Best Option:

When selecting cables for your networking setup, consider the following factors:

- Speed and Bandwidth: Ethernet cables support different speeds and bandwidths, with newer standards offering higher performance. Choose a cable that meets your network's speed requirements, such as Cat6 or Cat6a for gigabit or 10-gigabit Ethernet.

- Distance: Consider the distance between network devices when choosing cables, as different cable types have limitations on maximum transmission distances.

- Application: Determine the specific application and requirements of your network, such as data transfer speed, reliability, and environmental factors, to select the most appropriate cable type.

- Compatibility: Ensure that the cables you choose are compatible with your network devices, including computers, routers, switches, and other equipment.

Ethernet cables and network cables are essential components of networking infrastructure, enabling data transmission and connectivity within local and wide area networks. While Ethernet cables are a specific type of network cable used for Ethernet networking, network cables encompass a broader range of cable types and standards. Understanding the differences between Ethernet cables and network cables can help you make informed decisions when setting up your network and choosing the best cables for your needs. Whether you're buying Ethernet cables online or selecting network cables for your networking project, consider factors such as speed, distance, application, and compatibility to ensure optimal performance and reliability in your network setup.

[astrxealis]

what if i actually got to. streaming (again?)

[vitiateoriginator]

After almost 17 literal years, I'm finally planning to buy myself a new computer. Just waiting to get my income tax money in March. The dinosaur is still in decent working condition, but it's time to let her rest. She's served me very well over the past decade and a half, and it's going to be the hardest thing giving her up. But at this point it's time to upgrade

[mrton2rn]

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[lanternfiber]

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Understanding The Types of Cables: A Comprehensive Guide

In today's interconnected world, cables play a crucial role in facilitating communication, power transmission, and data transfer across various devices and systems. From homes and offices to industrial settings and beyond, cables come in a plethora of types, each designed for specific applications and requirements. In this comprehensive guide, we delve into the various types of cables, exploring their functionalities, applications, and key characteristics.

[poipoipoi-2016]

Apropos of nothing

If you are the techiest person in the house (and for many of you, this is not techy at all), today is a good day to build a pihole thanks to Google's new TLDs.

For the record, this straight up stopped Dad from getting computer viruses when coupled with the Ublock browser extension, so I will volunteer my time to get you set up. We will find an evening and do a Zoom call. I am serious.

Prerequisities:

Before you start, this will be way way easier if your router has a magic way to:

Set static IP addresses

Set a custom DNS server

If you can't do this, I'm not saying you're stuck, but there's some non-obvious failure modes and maybe it's time to buy a better router.

Parts:

Raspberry Pi 4B. 2GB if you just want to set and forget, 8GB if you want to do more things on this than just your pihole (Coughs in a MarioKart box) -> https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/

Spare USB-C charger if you don't have one already. I'm a fan of https://www.amazon.com/Argon-USB-C-Power-Supply-Switch/dp/B0919CQKQ8/ myself

A microSD card at least UHS class 3 or better. 32 is fine for just a pihole, I have a 512 in some of mine that I use for more stuff. https://www.tomshardware.com/best-picks/raspberry-pi-microsd-cards

Some method of flashing the card if you don't have one (Some come with SD to micro-SD adapters, if not a USB to SD/micro-SD adapter is about $10 off Amazon)

If you really feel like going nuts, go buy yourself an Argon case and then very very carefully never ever install the software for the fan that does nothing. The value is entirely in having a big giant brick that is self-cooling. If you want to play MarioKart, I would consider this a requirement. https://www.amazon.com/Argon-Raspberry-Aluminum-Heatsink-Supports/dp/B07WP8WC3V

Setup:

Do yourself a favor and ignore all the signs telling you to go get Raspbian and instead go grab an ISO of Ubuntu 64-bit using RPi Imager. Because Raspbian cannot be upgraded across version WHY U DO THIS

Download Rpi Imager, plug the microSD card into your computer,

Other General Purpose OS -> Ubuntu -> Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

So now you have an operating system on an SD card.

Assemble the case if you bought one, plug in the SD card, power supply, ethernet cable if you have one or mouse and (mini) HDMI cable if you don't. If you bought that Argon case, you can just plug a keyboard (server OS means no mouse gang; In this house, we use the Command Line) and HDMI cable into the Pi. Turn it on.

Gaining access

The end state of this is that your pi is:

Connected to the internet by cable or wifi

You can SSH to it (Also not scary)

If you plugged in an ethernet cable, once it's done booting (1-2 minutes?), you should be able to ssh to "ubuntu@<the IP of the system>". Look it up in your router. It may make sense to give the static IP NOW to keep it stable.

If you've never used SSH before, I think the standard is Putty on Window or you can just open a terminal in Mac. (And if you know enough Linux to have a Linux computer, why are you reading this?)

If you didn't plug it in, and need to setup the wifi, there's magic incantations to attach it to the wifi and to be quite blunt, I forget what they are.

Your username is ubuntu, your password is ubuntu and then it will ask you to make a new password. If you know the meaning of the phrase "keypair-based access", it may make sense to run `ssh-copy-id` at this point in time.

Router settings (part 1)

Give your new Pi a static IP address, and reboot your pi (as simple as typing in `sudo reboot`).

Open a new SSH session to the pihole on the new address.

Installing pihole

Open up an SSH session and

curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash

This is interactive. Answer the questions

When it's done, on your other computer, navigate to <the ip>/admin

Login with the password you just set. Router settings part 2

Give your new Pi a static IP address then point your router at that address

Set the DNS servers to the static IP

Then ensure you're blocking something. Anything.

Then do what you want to do. You'll probably need to whitelist some sites, blacklist some more, but the main thing is going to be "Adding more list of bad sites". Reddit has some lists.

And... enjoy.

/But seriously, there's some stuff to do for maintenance and things. I wasn't joking about the pair setup.

[arcadequeerz]

I got it fixed! Thank god.

Guess whose laptops fucked up again ^_^

[blacktofade]

Gemtho Fortnight Day 4

Prompt: rpf with the hermits talking casually about fics and someone (maybe bdubs) is like "man there's barely any fics about me and etho anymore they're only writing about him and gem" (or whatever. just so the topic comes up) but gem has such a hugeeee crush and she's so flustered and embarrassed and doesn't want etho to be uncomfortable and meanwhile etho's worried about /gem/ being uncomfortable

cw: rpf

“You know,” Bdubs starts, and Gem can almost picture his expression behind his computer screen — thoughtful, a little sly. “I don’t think they ship me and Etho like they used to.”

Gem’s elbow slips off her desk, her character in-game suddenly looking straight down at the ground, and she can hear the soft exhale of laughter Bdubs lets out, like he’s noticed.

She wonders if she can get away with pretending she never heard, if she can say Winnie got loose and distracted her and, oh, look at the time, she has to go for a thing she promised someone else —

“What are you saying about me?” Etho suddenly asks, his voice in her left ear as he moves closer, and Gem takes her hand off her keyboard to cover her eyes with one palm, face burning as she tries her best to silently beg the universe for mercy.

There’s no such luck.

“Do you remember that lecture I gave you about Dark Twitter?” Bdubs asks, and she can hear it in his voice, how he’s almost laughing, delighted at the opportunity to shit-stir. “Y’know, the shipping stuff that fans do? Pretending that we’re in love.”

Gem’s next best hope is that the ground will open and swallow her. 

“Bdubs,” she warns, because she might not be streaming, but that doesn’t mean that no one else is. Anyone could fly by and catch a snippet of what he’s saying, and she can only imagine the fallout online if that happens.

“It’s fine, Gem. Etho knows all about it, don’t you?”

She’s not worried about Etho.

“I, uh,” Etho starts and she can tell by his tone that he already regrets showing up and interrupting them.

“It’s okay,” Bdubs interrupts. “All you need to know is that Gem’s your new love interest.”

“Gem’s my new what?”

The head of Etho’s character swivels to stare right at her and Gem suddenly finds herself needing to pace in-game, her fingers tapping at the keys nervously as she parkours across the terrain around them.

“I have no idea what he’s talking about,” Gem lies and now Bdubs is staring at her too.

“I mean, it’s not surprising with the amount you two hang out together now. I happened to think the footage of you both digging the tunnel between your bases was cute.”

“Was it?” Gem questions, hoping that acting clueless will save her instead, but Bdubs hums quietly, like she won’t like what’s about to come out of his mouth.

“You keep saying you’re an Ethogirl, right? That you grew up watching him. It’s a cute match-up.”

Gem thinks about pulling the ethernet cable straight out the back of her desktop. It would be easy to blame it on a power-outage.

“I think you’re confusing fact and fiction again,” she mutters and Bdubs laughs.

“Oh, you’re right!” he says, too chipper for his own good. “It sounded like I was suggesting you two date in real life.”

Etho makes a noise, like a grunt of surprise, and Bdubs finally turns his view away from her to stare at him instead.

“Though, I mean, you’re both in Canada, right? It’s not beyond the realm of possibility.”

Bdubs apparently doesn’t know when to quit.

“Have you thought about dating Impulse?” Gem snaps, and Bdubs laughs before she even finishes the thought. “You’re both in the States. It’s not beyond the realm of possibility.”

Even Etho joins in, almost like his laughter slips out without permission. “She’s got you there, Bdubs.”

“If Impulse asked me out, I would be a perfect gentleman,” Bdubs tells them, and Gem has a headache brewing that might put her on the couch for the rest of the day. “How many bases do you think he’d let me round after one date?”

“I’m going,” Gem says suddenly, because if there was ever an out, that’s it. “You two can talk about Bdubs’ romantic exploits, but I have stuff to build.”

Bdubs laughs, but doesn’t try to argue, apparently done with his teasing, and Gem can almost taste freedom.

Until Etho says, “I’m sure a date with Gem wouldn’t be the worst I’ve been on.”

And Gem logs off.

[scriveyner]

cable

“Well, figured out why the wifi’s down,” Atsushi said, wiggling out from behind the entertainment center. Akutagawa looked over his shoulder as Atsushi presented the ethernet cable, chewed entirely through.

Akutagawa frowned and looked at the two children leaning on their tip-toes to see what Atsushi had found.

“I didn’t do it,” Acchan said defensively, already knowing the look. “I know better than to chew on cables!”

Akutagawa looked over at Ryuu-chan, and Ryuu-chan nodded his head. “He knows better than to chew on cables,” he agreed. “He learned what happens when Dazai-oji told him to stick his tail in the power outlet.”

Atsushi hit his head on the underside of the entertainment center. “Dazai-san did WHAT!?”

Acchan held his tail in front of him with both hands, defensively. “I was little! I didn't know any better!”

“You’re STILL little,” Atsushi growled. Rashomon swooped in and snatched his phone before he could dial. “How little were you? Akutagawa, stop it, I’m going to call Dazai-san right now—”

“First we need to determine if we have vermin,” Akutagawa said sternly. “If a cat hasn’t chewed on…” he trailed off and paused. Then Akutagawa looked thoughtfully at the kitchen.

Atsushi watched Akutagawa head toward the kitchen with purpose. “What?” he said, and looked over at Ryuu-chan, who smacked one hand into the other.

“Murderface!”

“You are not calling that cat Murderface.”

Akutagawa returned from the kitchen, the white tabby hanging from his arms, a shredded piece of cable in the other. “The culprit has been apprehended.”

“Chuuya-oji said Murderface was a cool name!” Ryuu-chan said stubbornly, and Acchan nodded his head in stalwart agreement.

“Chuuya-oji also thinks it’s appropriate to deck out seven-year-olds in leather and skulls,” Atsushi said. “You are not calling that cat Murderface.”

“Mraw,” Murderface said, from Akutagawa’s arms.

[felixcloud6288]

Been spending the last few days doing logistics and measurements to make sure I can properly rearrange the furniture in my room. Biggest challenge is cable management. I've confirmed I can get everything to a power outlet, but I can't move my router far so I have to get longer ethernet cables.

In the meantime, I need to actually clean my room so I can actually move everything.

[henrysglock]

Don't Speak, Don't Use Powers...What Do You Do?

Has anyone else noticed that Vecna doesn't speak or use his powers without being plugged into the UD tentacles? Because he doesn't speak or use his powers without being plugged into the UD tentacles.

When he fights Max/El, it's all within a vision/in the Mindscape, which we know he accesses when plugged in. They make a point to show us that he plugs in to access the Mindscape/perform Vecna Visions:

He's definitely able to use telekinesis and shapeshifting when he's plugged in/in a Vision or the Mindscape, which we know he plugs in to do...But then, the Mindscape disappears as soon as the tentacles unplug due to Nancy/Steve/Robin molotov-ing him:

He's not just being pulled out of performing a Vecna vision, he's being booted out of his own Mindscape, like someone yanking the ethernet cable out of an old Mac. The connect is broken...in conjunction with the tentacles pulling out.

Like...Young Henward didn't need tentacles to access whatever Vecna-like space he was supposedly accessing here when he was "holding up a mirror" or whatever:

Nor did he need them here to absorb the kids:

So why now? If Vecna is physically him, and he's been able to do it without tentacles in the past, then why now? What changed?

What, is there something special about the tentacles and tearing holes in the fabric between dimensions?

And why doesn't Vecna attack Nancy/Steve/Robin? He has psionic telekinesis (allegedly), so why does he just stand there staring at them once he's disconnected? Why doesn't he react to being attacked?

Why does he just roar and physically charge?

Why not pull one of these quick and easy kills?

He's shown specifically to be able to do it under imminent threat of injury/to protect himself...so why not toss Nancy/Steve/Robin away from him? Why let them continue to attack?

If Vecna is physically Henward, then why does he only use his powers in a mental space?

He reacts like he's part of the hive mind when he's disconnected:

But he never uses his powers. He just goes and plugs in.

Like I said earlier, he also doesn't speak. Vecna doesn't have a single physical line. All of his lines are in visions or in the Mindscape. "Vecna" just groans, moans, snarls, and roars:

Now...not to get too reachy, but there's definitely something special about these damn tentacles...and no one has been able to concretely explain how Vecna got from Dimension X to the blue UD.

However, the tentacles exist in Dimension X too:

So like...not to be insane, but if one guy has the Mindflayer:

and that's how he puppets people (see: Will)...then who's to say that "Vecna" is physically Henward?

Who's to say it's not this guy:

Using the tentacles as, like I said before, an ethernet cable to access a body in the UD, a place which is theorized to act as a middle space between Dimension X and the RSU?

After all...the current form is described as "rotted":

and the tattoo on Vecna does not match Henward's tattoo. Tattoos aren't something that can just change like that.

Furthermore, Em has theorized about Eddie being used as a corpse puppet in ST5.

Wouldn't it make sense for "Vecna" to need a corpse puppet if the current ST4 "Vecna" is also a puppet of some kind?

[kenyatta]

In a zonal architecture, the ECUs are categorized based on their location within the vehicle. The controller is closer to the ECUs, reducing the needed cabling, simplifying the wiring harness, and reducing harness weight by up to 50% with a corresponding reduction in vehicle weight. A zonal architecture can improve data and power distribution.

Developing time-sensitive networking (TSN) in automotive Ethernet is an enabling technology for zonal architectures. It allows efficient communication between ECUs that were in the same domain but are now separated into different zones.

A zonal architecture also supports implementing software-defined vehicle (SDV) functionality. Instead of adding new hardware (ECUs) to add new functions, SDV enables new functions to be downloaded using over-the-air updates into the powerful central vehicle controller. This enables what’s termed continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) of new vehicle functions in near real-time.

[34saveme34]

Gonna talk some avatar and guardian lore ideas here

cuz Mario having his stache keeping his power has been interesting to me

obviously it's a huge part of his character that he can be hard to recognise him without when he's maybe also wearing a different outfit

it makes me wonder if the other 2 avatars had something like this

like for Spudnick maybe the uh, jumper/full body hoodie thing?? could be it

also the more morbid idea of Fred's the. hands. considering mage and he's not quite himself without like. being able to cast fireball

also makes me wonder of how far it goes

also if you like. unplug the internet from their universes

cuz thinking about it, especially with the godbox the great beyond could maybe feel like the whole internet itself so if they were unplugged from that uh. probably not! It would likely cease to exist

but then what could the godbox exactly symbolise? Obviously it has to do with power but with the internet themes it can't be just some all powerful nebulous thing, right? It just doesn't fit with the themes. It's- a box full of PC parts which I'm still not sure where to put, the fact that it sets on fire from the explosion as well. Cuz it has a few things to it- it feels like- for one, inside it are basically scrapped ideas. It also has influence through memes it corrupts, the whole thing with memes where they become that gray colour and start wreaking havoc. It's like- the godbox took it a step further. The way it can affect memes feely like a corrupted version what the guardians are. which is probably why Niles was corrupted, I don't think it can do ANYTHING else. so basically the godbox is fundamentally flawed. It's like- if you fused guardians and avatars together. like a mass of unstoppably strong meme power so close to everything and simultaniously being supercharged by it and also connecting the world to it, so with this idea it's in overdrive so hard that it's unstable. just like the memes within it

considering how Niles needed a demigod to open it also implies it was closed FOR a reason but I'm left asking, WHO could have initially closed it, was it always a box, what do REALLY the pc parts mean in it, why is it found in like basically splitting through the real world, like travelling between what's real and not

anyways, on the side of the internet, I like the idea better that the connection itself is a different thing from it

and my idea is that the avatars would become normal if you unplugged them. my idea is basically that unplugging from the internet means all the memes stopping to exist

but being normal would also make them weaker

cuz my idea is that internet connection makes them like, supercharged besides becoming (literally) stupid strong also makes them just stupid

like it's a win/lose thing for them

this implies that 4 functions as a connection to the internet, along with 3 in his own way

and you're like whaaaat, are you calling them such powerful things, maybe a fuckin. ethernet cable

no. wifi adapter of the USB kind

the also implies that the guardians dying would mean the universe losing internet connection, therefore just about everything would go back to normal

saying just about cuz no way nothing is downloaded there

anyways. back to avatar powers

we see with Mario that he memes a lot and that's how he uses his power. all he needs is a good meme sound for a situation and he's all set, though it seems he mainly does ones about himself

especially with the voice clips involved

and in general, especially when we see his stache taken he becomes very human. like he tries to Meme and fails. that basically confirms he couldn't do it because it wasn't something an average fat man like him could do

so, since he can do things usually out of his skills and abilities with his meme charged self

and. mpreg Mario is sort of a meme too

we could get him pregnant

[a-couple-of-notes]

trick or treat!

Ah! Hi! I got one!

The prompt list was super non-specific when I reblogged it, so that's on me. I'm currently percolating on a missing scene fic for Episode 9 of AAA (that conversation between Rio and Agatha I so dearly, dearly wanted) but since, like any good writer, I have not put a single word to paper--have some Stray Gods instead!

When we did the holiday exchange (10 months ago now? holy hell), I ended up writing an extremely long hidden identity tutoring fic. But before that, I started drafting a Grace & Athena fic where they team up to bust Medusa out of U.S. military experimentation. It would have come complete with trauma, a very Kickass Grace, and some twisty Athena and Medusa dynamics. Eventually, I decided the scope of that fic wouldn't work for the holiday exchange, so I put it aside.

---

In all fairness, Grace knows as soon as she gets home that it’s going to be a weird day.

Freddie and Pan have draped themselves across the couch, bickering, squashing Apollo and Hermes unceremoniously into the remaining half a seat. Oracle is frantically digging through their drawers for...something? (And wow, she’d forgotten she had that poster.) Even Persephone has made an appearance, leaning casually against the wall as though she’s above all of this.

“How come you don’t have an Ethernet cable?” Oracle whines. “I mean, I get Paul, but—”

Freddie stops side-eyeing Pan for a moment to answer her: “Uh, we totally have an Ethernet cable! It’s just that we also have a thousand other cables covering it.”

“No shit, Sherlock.”

“Hey!” Freddie yelps, twists around on the couch, and finally spots Grace standing in the doorway. One uncoordinated scramble later—Grace loves her dearly, and breathes a quick sigh of relief that their coffee table is so damn sturdy—she’s standing in front of Grace, practically vibrating with news.

Grace smiles wryly and kicks off her boots. “I guess you’re gonna tell me why all of these guys are at our apartment again?”

Freddie matches her smile, lets it soften her excitable energy. “It’s, uh. Bad.”

Well, there go her hopes of something easy: a cool rock star suddenly discovering Idol powers, or old friends coming out of hiding, or hey, somebody’s birthday. But those hopes had never really been high to begin with. Even with everyone moving past old trauma, working their way toward becoming better, happier people, the fact that all of them got it together enough to visit has Grace’s nerves tingling. 

She closes her eyes and pinches the bridge of her nose. “Please tell me it’s not another murder.”

Freddie chuffs softly, taps the back of her hand like they’re still in school and Grace isn’t paying attention. “You look like our English teacher in seventh grade,” she says, just as Persephone raises her head from the wall and cuts in, “It might be simpler if it were a murder.”

“So violent,” says Pan. “I happen to think the complications make it rather delicious myself.”

“I happen to think you should put labels on all these stupid cables!!”

Grace is about to tell them all where she happens to think she should put her fist—mortality be damned—when Apollo looks up sheepishly from the couch. He still hasn’t moved, since Hermes has fully decided to use his shoulder as a pillow. Under any other circumstance, Grace would find their cuddling adorable. “It’s not a murder,” he says. “I—apologize for barging in like this. It’s not a murder, but it is a bit of an emergency.”

“It’s Medusa,” says Persephone, and a solemn energy falls over the room. Grace senses it even without the Muse powers that had once lit up her chest: the unease, the sorrow. It pings something inside her, like a tuning fork struck against the core of her.

“Tell me what’s going on,” she says firmly.