Not sure where you draw the line for consumer, but I think some of the stuff from CyberGuys are POE. I know home/dorm users that purchase from them.
http://www.cyberguys.com/product-listings/?categoryid=298 And more specifically: http://www.cyberguys.com/product-details/?productid=55359 -drl -- Dan Lunceford Manager of Networking Services New Mexico Tech [email protected], 575-835-5961 -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hanset, Philippe C Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 10:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] College deals with wireless issues no but you can use this: http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Linksys-Power-Over-Ethernet-Adapter/dp/B0000 Y7W98 We made a cost analysis for our dorms way back in 2006-07 about Controller based architecture or doing our own open-wrt. Much cheaper up front, but we didn't want to deal with the management aspect (channels, etc...). Philippe Univ. of TN, Knoxville On Nov 11, 2011, at 12:40 PM, Matthew Gracie wrote: > On 11/11/2011 11:58 AM, Coehoorn, Joel wrote: >>> If we could provide great / sufficient / pervasive "non-wired" >> coverage using >>> $40 AP instead of $400 Cisco AP, resident might not want to bring in >>> their own $40 AP. >> >> Actually, you can do that. Those cheap $40 access points can be >> easily reconfigured to act as a thick access point by just turning >> off dhcp, setting a static IP in the correct range, and connecting >> your uplink line to a LAN port rather than the WAN port. Spend about >> $100 on a nice buffalo that supports dd-wrt with a customized config >> file ready to load, and you can get something close to a vendor >> system for less than >> 1/4 the price. >> >> Of course, that means doing a lot of leg work yourself: configuring >> access points, setting up subnets/zones, multiple ssids, security, >> and every change means a manual deployment to individual access >> points. I'd love to see a feature added to dd-wrt that allows polling >> a config server for those. >> >> But the really big thing you give up here is the reporting. You can >> make up for some of that with existing syslog or gateway reporting >> tools, but some of the information you'd get from a controller-based >> solution is just not replaceable. >> > > Slightly off-topic, but are there any consumer level APs that support > Power-over-Ethernet? That would be the huge sticking point for me, and > I'm sure I'm not alone. Most people haven't run AC to their ceiling > data drops. > > -- > Matt Gracie (716) 888-8378 > Information Security Administrator [email protected] > Canisius College ITS Buffalo, NY > http://www2.canisius.edu/~graciem/graciem_public_key.gpg > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
