home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!gatech!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!iat.holonet.net!bmug!David_A._Schurr
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.212613.168610@bmug.org>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Distribution: world
- From: David_A._Schurr@bmug.org
- Organization: BMUG, Inc.
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 21:26:13 PST
- Subject: Dangerous RJ-11 Problem
- Lines: 11
-
- A friend recently blew away his powerbook 170 modem. He connected the modem to
- an innocent looking RJ-11 connector in his hotel not knowing it was a PBX
- phone system (or some system feeding voltage to the RJ-11 wires) and therein
- lies a question.
-
- Since most hotel employees don't know PBX from MTV, how might one guard against this with some "simple" check? Voltmeter? Idiot light?
-
-
- **** From Planet BMUG, the FirstClass BBS of BMUG. The message contained in
- **** this posting does not in any way reflect BMUG's official views.
-
-