Does anyone know of any power-over-ethernet powered switches?

 

I'd like to add a single port at a destination that has CAT6e run to it, and it would be neat if it could be powered without an external power supply.

 

I don't think such a switch exists though.

something like this? http://www.provantage.com/hewlett-packard-hp-jd057a~73CO9191.htm

Wow - yeah.

 

Just preferably one that was $20 not $147

There's a good selection of PoE switches in that price range at Walmart.

 

They're next to the light bulbs and batteries.

You can get a poe injector for avout $30

 

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Just deployed 3 Versatek POE injector/splitter combinations over a standard gigabit network and it works perfectly.

 

Injector - $36.99

 

Splitter - $27.99

If you know what you're doing, and are just looking for a simple hack to send some power over an existing cat5/6 cable, splurge on this $6 kit

 

http://www.adafruit.com/products/435

 

(this is not an official PoE kit, it's for hardware hacker types)

If you know what you're doing, and are just looking for a simple hack to send some power over an existing cat5/6 cable, splurge on this $6 kit

 

http://www.adafruit.com/products/435

 

(this is not an official PoE kit, it's for hardware hacker types)

 

Interesting - thanks for the  info.  This could be ideal for powering either a small switch or a wireless access point out of reach of conventional power.

 

(And i confirmed my hardware hacker status years ago  )

If you know what you're doing, and are just looking for a simple hack to send some power over an existing cat5/6 cable, splurge on this $6 kit

 

http://www.adafruit.com/products/435

 

(this is not an official PoE kit, it's for hardware hacker types)

 

Interesting - thanks for the  info.  This could be ideal for powering either a small switch or a wireless access point out of reach of conventional power.

 

(And i confirmed my hardware hacker status years ago  )

also note, since it uses two pairs of the cable, you'll be only able to run 100Mb/s.  1000Mb/s is not possible.

Just to follow up - I decided to just bite the bullet and use an existing non-wireless router acting as a switch.  (no wan port connection)

 

It draws 7w.  Might eventually spend $20 when there's a sale on a 5 port gigabit green switch.  (managed would be nice - something to play with)

 

I solved my power problem...  Wasn't worth spending more money for other HW to provide the power for the PoE.  I had wrongly assumed that such devices would be able to use existing signals on the ethernet cable and it didn't require the router/switch powering it to be "special".