Linksys by Cisco WAPPOE12 12 Volt Power Over Ethernet Adapter Kit
- Product Type – Adapter Kit
- Warranty – 1 year limited
- Easy installation — no tools, no software
- Standards – IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.3af
Product Description
-The Linksys 12 Volt Power Over Ethernet Adapter Kit lets you put your access points almost anywhere, by removing the requirement of nearby power outlets. By using the existing Category 5 Ethernet cabling to deliver power to many standard 12 volt access points and other network devices, you save the time, hassle, and expense of running AC power to the access point s installation location. -The best position for a wireless access point is usually on the ceiling, in the center of the area to be covered. Second best would be high on a nearby wall. Unfortunately, theres usually no easily accessible AC power plugs available in these locations. With the Power Over Ethernet Adapter Kit, installing the access point in these preferred spots becomes far less trouble. -The 12 Volt Power Over Ethernet Adapter Kit is a two piece set…. More >>
Linksys by Cisco WAPPOE12 12 Volt Power Over Ethernet Adapter Kit
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5 comments
Bill Kearney on January 10, 2010 at 10:20 am
If you want to put your linksys router in a location that doesn’t have a nearby power outlet then this is the product for you. In our 50+ year old house it’s notoriously difficult to get stable wifi unless the router is carefully positioned. And of course the ideal position doesn’t have a power outlet anywhere near it. It’s easy enough to run CAT5 cabling, but not so easy to properly wire up electricity. So by using this kit it’s possible to power the router from another location.
smm on January 10, 2010 at 11:19 am
This product successfully powered my Panasonic KX HCM110a cameras that I was installing for survelliance. I had purchased two PowerDsine 12V Active splitters for this same purpose, but they failed. The product is a bit pricey, but it gets the job done.
K. Brown on January 10, 2010 at 11:59 am
My wireless access point is mounted high up on a wall. Although running a cat5 cable to it is easy getting power to it was a bit tougher. With this I didn’t need to run power to it. In addition I now have it plugged into a UPS sitting on the floor with my router so it stays up during power blips. I would give it a 5 star rating except for that fact that it seems a little high priced.
J. C. Perry on January 10, 2010 at 2:10 pm
Great device, works fine, just have to manually configure 10/100/1000 ports to 10/100 to make it work. I bought this unit and struggled for weeks to get it to work right … turns out, the injector or source device gets confused if you connect it to an auto-sensing Gigabit device (I tried both a Linksys RVS4000 10/100/1000 router, and a Linksys 10/100/1000 autosensing/unmanaged switch). If you connect it to a 10/100 device, or if you manually set its port on a 10/100/1000 device/router to be restricted to 10/100 speed, it works fine – but it won’t work with a 10/100/1000 unmanaged switch at all (at least not the Linksys model switch I use). It seems the 10/100/1000 switch is unable to detect that the WAPPOE12 can only operate at 10/100, so it assumes 1000, and fails. Hopefully this is something Linksys could fix in future hardware revisions of either their switches/routers, or the injectors – to add “graceful 10/100/1000 speed negotiation” — but currently it’s an undocumented “gotcha” – just make sure you can manually set the source port to 10/100, and it will work fine.
Manoj Khiani on January 10, 2010 at 4:28 pm
This product delivers Power over Ethernet. However, you will lose the ability to transfer at wired gigabit speed.
My other switch has a dual color light to indicate whether the connected device is running at gigabit or not. Before, the switch lit up with a green light to indicate gigabit speed. After PoE was installed, the other switch shows as amber, indicating 100 mbps speed, not 1000 mbps.
Not a problem for surfing the internet, but if you are streaming media through your house, you’ll lament the drop from 1000 to 100 mbps. Hopefully, an updated model will come out that preserves the gigabit speed.