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>>>>> "John" == John Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
John> On Wed, 2006-07-26 at 13:15 -0400, Michael Richardson wrote:
>> There are 12-port units that add PoE to a data cable, but they
>> are also very expensive. It seems to me that the simplest
>> solution would actually be a patch cable with the relevant power
>> pins seperated. You'd then use this as the patch between
>> punch-down and switch.
John> POE is more complex than that. The power is on the data pins
John> and there is some form of signaling between the switch and the
John> device that happens before power is sent over the line to
John> ensure the device is POE ready.
Uhm, okay. This is news to me.
The signaling must be in new MII symbols.
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