Following the trail of discussion about 802.11n,
I wouldn't be buying 802.11n before 802.3at (AKA Power over Ethernet PLUS)
gears are on the market. By then, 802.11n vendors
should have only one Ethernet port to the AP.
One port will bring savings on PoE injectors, Cabling, and even
switchports (if you were planning to etherchannel
those two 100 Mbps ports to one AP).
After all, a 48 ports 10/100/1000 switch is only
50% more expensive than a 10/100 (in the Cisco world),
one more reason to only have one cable from the switch to the AP!

Last thing: According to a few websites, 802.3at will work over regular
cat5.

Best,

Philippe Hanset
University of Tennessee

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