ETHERNET CONNECTORS

摘要

The invention relates to a Modular Ethernet-Connector, comprising a jack as part of a device such as industrial automation device with embedded Ethernet Connectivity and a corresponding plug to connect the device with the Ethernet. The object of this invention is a smart upgrade to an Ethernet IA device and providing an Ethernet WLAN stick. This WLAN stick connects to the IA device's Ethernet port interchangeably with the Ethernet cable and behaves as a virtual cable: the rest of the device functionality and the network properties remain unchanged. A user simply chooses between an Ethernet cable and the Ethernet WLAN stick. The plug is part of a WLAN-stick which comprise an embedded Ethernet- WLAN-Bridge.