The Twidget Blog

I've always wondered what kind of connectivity could be achieved over random pieces of household items.  After a bet from a friend, I set off to find a soldering iron, solder and roll of aluminum foil.

After setting up a small test for a 100-base-T connection over Aluminum Foil, I was amazed that I had perfect connectivity.  On my Comcast connection, I have 50/10 Meg service, which as you can see from this picture, I'm getting all that and more:

After browsing and doing a speed tests for a few minutes, zero errors appeared on the interface.

...So after this test, I don't feel so bad about going cheap on the cables manufactured outside the US.  Seems like any piece of metalic-like substance (like Tin-Foil) will pass Ethernet these days!

More tests to come.

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