[Soekris] 4826 and Power over Ethernet

David Young dyoung at pobox.com
Wed Aug 2 19:06:52 UTC 2006


On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 07:57:23PM +0100, Gass, Richard wrote:
> Has anyone had problems getting a 4826 to power up when connecting to a
> PoE capable switch?  I have seen on one site that Soekris do not
> properly implement the standard.  I have a Cisco AP that is working
> correctly using PoE and when I plug the 4826, it will not turn on.
> However, if I connect a D-Link-P50 inline, it works fine.

The Soekris 4826 does not implement the 802.3af standard.  Personal
experience is that it will not power-up when I plug one into an
802.3af-complicant switch, which is just what I expect.

Dave

-- 
David Young             OJC Technologies
dyoung at ojctech.com      Urbana, IL * (217) 278-3933


More information about the Soekris-tech mailing list