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Originally Posted by joelg236
I don't quite understand the purpose of this. Is it to protect the signal in the cord or something? |
Its to protect the port on a electronic device from becoming damaged that may be somewhat costly to repair or replace. If the ethernet port on the classmate is destroyed you cannot connect an ethernet cable to it anymore. If this breaks the classmate one would be undamaged since presumably you would never disconnect this from the classmate so it never would experience wear and tear.