At the risk of getting a big RTFFAQ! I post this... I did try and sort through the FAQ how ever I'm slightly confused.

Does ethernet work when powered by the 12v car input? The FAQ entries I read never said it doesn't (at least what I found).

However I read a few BBS entries that said it doesn't?

The reason I ask is I want to make a home docking station and it would be much easier for me to take a small PC power supply and hook it up as I would in a car... therefore it would run in car mode... but if ethernet doesn't work I don't want to do it. I realize there are probably entries somewhere on the BBS to answer this but I'm kinda lazy