[Soekris] net4526 & a speaker

[Jeff Ramin]

Joel Jaeggli wrote:
> Jeff Ramin wrote:
>> Can somebody explain what "passive" POE means? I'm looking at
>> the ALIX products, and they state they implement passive POE.
> 
> presumably that means midspan instead of 802.3af which would be
> negotiated. It would also tend to imply that you shouldn't apply power
> to the data pins.

I see. In other words, you can provide power to the board this way
with a passive injector, but an 802.3af switch would not provide
power.

Is that correct?

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Jeffrey Ramin
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