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dkjaudyeqooe on Nov 17, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ethernet Is Still Going Strong After 50 Years

USB-C would certainly work, you just need the right (wire) mounting device behind the plug. It's unlikely to be very slim though.

fanf2 on Nov 17, 2023 [–]

It would be difficult to make a port that works as USB-C with ethernet as an alternate mode. In USB-C there are separate transmit and receive differential pairs, whereas in (gigabit and later) ethernet the pairs are bidirectional.

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