Re: POE Switch?

I thought about doing strictly wireless in my house, but ultimately had to
run CAT-5 to my DirecTV DVR and ran a wire to my office just because I was
running cable and phone into the office. My wireless router is now in the
stairwell which is the most central hidden location in the house. Wireless
still has it's problems with interference or which I had minor problems
with.

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On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Burns, Bryan <Bryan_Burns@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

David,
I must be missing something because I would think it'd be better to just
go wireless. One of these days I need to create a network in my house
and I was thinking wireless just because Ethernet seems so "old school".
You seem a lot more knowledgeable than I am so I'm really curious as to
why you're going Ethernet and not wireless.
Thanks,
Bryan


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On Behalf Of David Gibbs
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 1:20 PM
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: [PCTECH] POE Switch?

Folks:

I'm really unfamiliar with power over ethernet ... can anyone tell me if
it's possible to power a switch (4-8 ports) using POE?

I'm contemplating running cat5 up to the attic of my house so I can put
ethernet connections in the various bedrooms and the family room
(currently over slab).

I'm thinking I will put a long run of cat 5 up to the attic, and connect
that to a 4 port switch, and then run more wire to the various bedrooms
and the family room.

Problem is, I want to put a switch in the closet of a bedroom ... but
there's no power in the closet to plug a switch into.

If POE can provide enough juice to run the switch, that might solve the
problem.

Thanks!

david

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