Hello,
Currently my setup consists of “hex PoE” (as the main router) + 2*“wAP AC” (as CAPSMAN-managed access-points) + RB260GS (as a Ethernet port extender for the main router).
Beauty of that setup is only “hex PoE” is powered externally (currently by bundled AC-DC) while 3 other devices get power via PoE. That among reduction of AC-DCs allows power-reset of those devices which I really like.
Now I decided to add yet another device in the setup and this one is HikVision IP-camera. It is again PoE powered (but compared to commonly used “passive PoE” by Mikrotik devices it uses true “active” 802.3af PoE) and as I learned from googling if “hex PoE” is powered by 48POW (instead of 24V bundled AC-DC) then 802.3af with required 48V could be achieved.
So far so good, from routerboard.com it looks like “hex PoE” can support 802.3af and 48V (https://mikrotik.com/product/RB960PGS), wAP AC as well (https://mikrotik.com/product/RBwAPG-5HacT2HnD) but RB260GS according to its page (https://mikrotik.com/product/RB260GS) only supports passive PoE and what’s worse input voltage must be in a range 8-30V!
And now I’m confused: if I understood all correct then I have only 2 options:
a) Have IP-camera powered separately with help of true PoE 802.3af injector. It’s not a big deal but it’s really beneficial to have an ability to power-cycle the camera as even the best of them sometimes might fail and require “hard-reboot”.
b) Have RD260GS powered separately by its own AC-DC. This obviously won’t allow me to power-cycle the switch remotely. Hopefully switch being a much simpler device compared to the IP camera should fail with much lower rate, so maybe that’s a safer option/
Did I miss anything?
Thanks in advance,
Alexey