[TriLUG] OT: Ethernet hot-pluggability

[Greg Brown]

Back in the day, waaaay back say around 1995, cold plugging was more
the norm.  This was back when most everything ran on 10base2 and hubs
were a shared collision domain.  Many 10base2 cards would do some
freaky things every once in a while, like pump +5 volts down the wire
constantly.

Today I can't imagine why one would go with the cold plugging outside
of PoE, which you mentioned, or for high security networks.

Greg

On 8/8/05, Brian Henning <brian at strutmasters.com> wrote:
> Hi Folks!
>    This will probably sound like a stupid question, but is there
> anything inherent about Ethernet that would make it risky to hot-plug?
> I have /never/ encountered a shop that advocated cold-plugging Ethernet,
> but I was just reading an Alesis HD24 manual which strongly urges users
> of the HD24 equipment to "[m]ake Ethernet connections to your computer
> and HD24 only when the power is off to avoid damage."
> 
> Power-over-Ethernet notwithstanding, of course, which shouldn't be a
> factor in this case.
> 
> Thanks!
> ~Brian
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