I'm getting more and more equipment with 802.3at POEs, and I feel like I'm getting raped on the price if I get the POE from the equipment vendor. High price and minimal features.
My Exalt G2 radios came with these really nice POEs that have diagnostic LEDs and tabs for wall mounting as well as rubber feet for desktop use. The only downside is they are kind of big, but that's not necessarily bad, that may help prevent overheating. It has LED indications for valid 802.3af and 802.3at signatures, as well as a flashing overload indication. I looked up the part number, expecting them to be expensive, but Digi-Key has a bunch of them in stock and the price is quite reasonable ($38 in single quantity). http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/POE36U-1AT/993-1088-ND/2384576 >From the picture, this is also the POE that I should have gotten from >CyberData to go with the SIP paging amplifier I bought, but instead they sent >a cheaper L-Com POE that has just one dumb LED to show it is getting AC power. > So I paid something like $64 for a $31 POE. The $100 Cambium POE for 450i is probably more than 36 watts in case you want to use the AUX port on the AP, but it lacks the nice mounting tabs and diagnostic LEDs. And 36 watts should be more than enough to power just the AP. So I’m inclined to just buy a bunch of the nice Phihong units and use them on everything. Am I missing something?
