Network equipment and optional tether
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1. A detectable piece of BaseT Ethernet equipment comprising:
- an Ethernet connector comprising first and second pairs of contacts used to carry BaseT Ethernet communication signals, at least one path for the purpose of drawing DC current, the at least one path coupled across at least one of the contacts of the first pair of contacts and at least one of the contacts of the second pair of contacts, the detectable piece of BaseT Ethernet equipment to draw different magnitudes of DC current flow through the at least one path via at least one of the contacts of the first and second pairs of contacts of the Ethernet connector.
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Abstract
A piece of data terminal equipment having an Ethernet connector having first and second pairs of contacts used to carry high frequency data communication signals. The piece of data terminal equipment to have at least one path coupled across at least one of the contacts of the first pair of contacts of the Ethernet connector and at least one of the contacts of the second pair of contacts of the Ethernet connector. The piece of data terminal equipment to draw different magnitudes of DC current through the at least one path.
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1. A detectable piece of BaseT Ethernet equipment comprising:
an Ethernet connector comprising first and second pairs of contacts used to carry BaseT Ethernet communication signals, at least one path for the purpose of drawing DC current, the at least one path coupled across at least one of the contacts of the first pair of contacts and at least one of the contacts of the second pair of contacts, the detectable piece of BaseT Ethernet equipment to draw different magnitudes of DC current flow through the at least one path via at least one of the contacts of the first and second pairs of contacts of the Ethernet connector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A responsive piece of BaseT Ethernet equipment, comprising:
an Ethernet connector comprising first and second pairs of contacts used to carry BaseT Ethernet communication signals;
at least one path coupled across at least one of the contacts of the first pair of contacts and at least one of the contacts of the second pair of contacts, the piece of BaseT Ethernet equipment to change impedance within the at least one path in response to at least one DC condition across the at least one path.- View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88)
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89. A detectable piece of powered-off network equipment comprising:
an Ethernet connector comprising first and second pairs of contacts used to carry high frequency data communication signals, at least one path for the purpose of drawing DC current, the at least one path coupled across at least one of the contacts of the first pair of contacts and at least one of the contacts of the second pair of contacts, the detectable piece of powered-off network equipment to draw different magnitudes of DC current flow through the at least one path. - View Dependent Claims (90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129)
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130. A responsive piece of powered-off network equipment comprising:
an Ethernet connector comprising first and second pairs of contacts used to carry high frequency data communication signals, at least one path coupled across at least one of the contacts of the first pair of contacts and at least one of the contacts of the second pair of contacts, the piece of powered-off network equipment to change impedance within the at least one path in response to at least one DC condition across the at least one path. - View Dependent Claims (131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169)
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