Switch with PowerOverEthernet for a BaseStation

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Harald Welte laforge at gnumonks.org
Wed Jul 21 22:14:37 UTC 2010


On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 03:16:54PM +0200, Sylvain Munaut wrote:
> > Now, I'm not sure (I don't know PoE in detail) if I can use every
> > PoE-Switch.
> 
> No you can't.
> The nanoBTS are not fully PoE compliant. For example they didn't work
> with my Netgear GS724TP or GS748TP.

I believe the nanoBTS
1) draw more power than the standard permits
2) don't do the proper handshaking but simply draw power without negotiating it

> > I searched in Internet and I found a Netgear FS108P. It's cheap and it
> > will be enough for us. Can I use it with our BaseStation or have I to
> > use the power supplier of the BaseStations, too?
> 
> The netgear FS108P is a switch that's known to work with them. I use it myself.

it works for me, too.  but only for two nanoBTS, as soon as I connect the
third, the overpower LED of the switch lights up.

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