The specs on the RB600A imply 8023.af and power over datalines compatability. Does anyone have experience with powering these boards with midspans? Seems like the 600 and a PowerDsine 9024 are not playing well together.
Since the IEEE 802.3af standard specifies a 15.4 watt capability, that could be problematic technically. However, since 15.4W these days for multi wireless NIC configurations is totally insufficient, the newer ‘high power’ midspans and even regular ‘high-power’ POE injectors have become a necessity.
So does ‘power over datalines’ just imply overpowered 8023.af? But back to the issue, anyone have any comments or advice on midspan powered RB600’s, and/or used a high power midspan such as the 9024 successfully? Getting blanks from all other sources on this topic…Somebody must have gotten tired of hiding all the wiring and hassle of individually powered RB600’s.
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Thanks for the response, and did find something interesting about the midspan. It uses pins 4/5 and 7/8, the passive power lines. Thats what I would have expected for hi-power POE. It would work just like a standalone POE injector.
Thats what makes it even more puzzling why it would have a problem. What makes you think there is a compatability problem?
I have Netgear ProSafe GS724TPS smart 802.3af swich. http://www.netgear.com/Products/Switches/SmartSwitches/GS724TP.aspx
I put few wireless card in mPCI slots and test in 30W POE ports and 15,4W POE ports and RB turns on and don’t have any problems. If two devices designed according one standard but not support each other that’s mean it is compatability problem :))