tcgerhard wrote: > I'm thinking that the DTV device wants to act like a PoE switch, > probably for some future application that they have in mind. From > what I read about PoE, there is an initial voltage of 2-10v used to > sense whether it's OK to turn on the 48v; I'm guessing the 5v is for > that purpose. > I did connect the DTV box to an old hub with one working port (and now > heading to the trash...), the link came up fine with no apparent damage > to the hub. > If the SB3 is fine connected to a switch with PoE, I'll give it a try > tonight. >
One of my SB3's is connected to a POE enabled switch (endspan). This causes no problems (but has no advantages either). POE (802.3af) is designed to co-exist with non-POE enabled network clients. Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
