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POE...??

It’s used to make powering equipment convenient.

A call center where they make money when people call in, power the phones via poe and keep the power unit on backup when the power goes out people can still take phone calls.

I use it for powering remote access points where this is no power 50' in the air. I have voip and power the phone and voip box so my phone stays up. Just in case.
 
I recently did a big wireless setup for a political convention.

Using a bunch of the Linksys wap4400n units, POE, off of an 8 port Linksys POE switch.

One of the major benefits from it...you can put your switches/routers/access points...in locations where you don't have to worry about also running big fat ugly electrical cords. I had to mount these APs surface mounted in some difficult locations..all I had to worry about was having our cabling guy run CAT5 nice and neat to these spots. I didn't have to worry about lugging some big fat ugly orange extension cord to all those spots. Kept things nice and tidy looking. :cool:
 
It means power over ethernet. Most voip phone draw there power through the network connection that way you dont have to have another power cable going to the phone. This way you plug the phone into the network port and it gets it power and network connection through one cord.
 
Yeah, PoE is wonderful. Just get the correct "switch" to power all of your devices and you're golden. Single bricks for everything sucks.
 
POE injectors are also an option if you want to go the ghetto route, which is the route i usually go, allows you to have POE using normal NONPOE switches
 
goodcooper said:
POE injectors are also an option if you want to go the ghetto route, which is the route i usually go, allows you to have POE using normal NONPOE switches
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Great idea since usually for home setups, you may need 1 or 2 PoE connections at most, mostly with webcams or ip phones. I will take this route as well.
 
Also consider that there should be some separation from data and AC power cabling. This may not always be convenient.

Not only would you have an ugly power cord, but the also the receptacle box, and AC/DC power brick. :(
 
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