Danf wrote --
and install a dc/dc
converter for the +5VDC they want so you can use POE

Is there a DC/DC converter you would recommend?

For an inexpensive POE, I've used a pair of lawn sprinkler timer
transformers (24 VAC at around 1.25 Amps). One transform plugs into the wall
outlet and the 24 VAC is placed on the unused CAT5 pairs with a homemade
power injector. The second transformer is placed at the radio end and wired
as a step-up transformer. A female-female power socket is used to connect
the AP's own 120VAC powercube to the step-up transformer. Be careful!, the
exposed male prongs on the transformer have 120 Volts on them. In
California, Orchard Supply Hardware carries the transformers for around $13
each. Ace Hardware has the same product at $16. There is a few volts drop on
the 120 Volt end at the access point with a 10 - 15 watt load. I have five
radios being powered by their individual transformer pairs and they seem to
work fine.

Loren Zemenick

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