Docking the ethernet connector seems to work much better than I expected. I just finished modifying a car mount for the purpose (Cambridge Car Audio are routing ethernet in our demonstrator tomorrow!) and it works perfectly. I get completely reliable docking every time, but only time will tell the longterm reliability.

The mod to the docking bay cost less than $5 in hardware, and took about half an hour to complete. Pics will be on the geeksite after the install tomorrow.

Before anyone asks, this will not become a standard feature of the car mount because it involves the use of connectors outside of their specified mode of operation. Building it in as standard would require that we warranty it, and that isn't possible.

Rob