Reply to post: Re: Slowing the network down externally

LAN traffic can be wirelessly sniffed from cables with $30 setup, says researcher

Paul Crawford Silver badge

Re: Slowing the network down externally

Or am I missing something obvious?

Power. Lots of it.

I have not seen the paper, but if they are picking up a couple of microvolt at the receiver from a couple of volts Ethernet signal, to reverse it and inject the same signal you would be at the megavolt level on the transmitter side.

Someone will notice that! In fact, most folk for miles around trying to use any radio service at all...

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