We always either have the power supply inside a building or in a small enclosure, and just feed the PowerBox with PoE... unless there's some kind of an outdoor power supply you can buy, I don't know how else you could do it.
On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote: > That's awesome!!! This would be very handy. How do you seal the power > supply feeding the Powerbox if it's outdoors? If I could figure this out I > wouldn't need any kind of enclosure. > > http://routerboard.com/RB750P-PBr2 > > > > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 3:32 PM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Oh... I thought you were talking about the PowerBox (which is an RB750UP >> in an outdoor case). >> >> I'm not sure... I would assume it would be the same as if you plug the >> PoE out side of a power injector into something that doesn't support PoE... >> in my experience, they either work fine or something starts smoking :P >> >> Yeah, ether1-poe-in-long-cable would be it, and yes, it only applies on >> ether1. >> >> On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> They're the same white plastic case as the RB750 if that's what you're >>> referring to. It does have a big fat power supply, though. >>> >>> What happens if you try forced on to something such as a dumb switch or >>> laptop? >>> >>> Are you talking about ether1-poe-in-long-cable ? That would only apply >>> on ether1, wouldn't it? >>> >>> >>> Josh Luthman >>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>> 1100 Wayne St >>> Suite 1337 >>> Troy, OH 45373 >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 3:10 PM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> We have a bunch of them out there, the only issue that I've run into is >>>> that you need to make sure to enable long poe cable mode (or whatever it's >>>> called... something like that) if you're powering them with PoE, otherwise >>>> they do some crazy stuff. I've seen some weird stuff happen trying to use >>>> poe-out auto, so I always set it to forced on. They're pretty much the same >>>> guts as an RB750UP in an outdoor case... they've been as reliable as any >>>> other MikroTik, in my experience. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 2:03 PM, Josh Luthman < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Has anyone been using these? They look just too ideal. >>>>> >>>>> I found that the default config (poe-out auto) works out of the box >>>>> for Ubnt and a dumb switch. Just checking to see if anyone's found them >>>>> to >>>>> fail or anything obscure out in the field. >>>>> >>>>> Josh Luthman >>>>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>>>> 1100 Wayne St >>>>> Suite 1337 >>>>> Troy, OH 45373 >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
