ToorCamp 2026

Anything but Ethernet
2026-06-27 , Yoga Studio Front Lawn

Invented by Nate Bezanson at Notacon 2 in Cleveland in 2005, this game is the ultimate test of hacker ingenuity.

https://wiki.toorcamp.org/AnythingButEthernet


Too many kids, and a fair share of old farts, think the world runs on cat-5. It just ain't so! From the first smoke-signals and drumbeats of prehistory, to modern multi-gigabit optical links, there's a lot more to communication than just Ethernet frames riding twisted pair. This contest aims to celebrate the long and varied history of communication.