On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Matt <mhop...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've got an interesting situation where I have one cable run from the feed > area to the service area. I have three devices that I need to power at the > service area. Is anyone aware of a device that will take the POE from the > cable run and then allow me to split it to two or three devices at the > service end?
The obvious answer is "don't do that". *buy DC power bricks for the phones / devices *buy a small PoE switch for the area, plugged into the single ethernet cable as a trunk *pull more cable from the original endpoint Any of those three will be more reliable and predictable when debugging than inventing your own PoE solution. I've tried to invent my own PoE solution using a soldering iron and bulk ethernet cable. Take it from me, don't go down that road. Yes, you will learn all manner of interesting things about DC voltage loss over distance, blah, blah, blah. Your time is almost undoubtedly worth more money than you'll save by pursuing the 'conventional approaches'. Just don't do it. -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users