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Power Over Ethernet for AirPort Base Station

Posted by pudge on from the now-we-just-need-power-over-wifi dept.

An anonymous user writes, "With Apple's recent announcements I took a quick stroll through some other items on the site and noticed that there's now a third AirPort Extreme Base Station. This model, at the same price as the model with modem and antenna ports, does not have a built-modem, however it does have an antenna port, supports Power Over Ethernet, and conforms to UL 2043. Great news for those that have wished they could put their Base Stations out of reach of a power outlet."

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  1. Also announced by Johnny+Mnemonic · · Score: 5, Interesting


    Also announced today was AirPort Management Tools 1.0, which provide powerful tools for planning, setting up, fine-tuning, and managing larger, enterprise-class wireless networks. Both of these announcements aren't targeted towards the home user; they don't do Power-over-Ethernet, nor have to manage lots of AirPort Base Stations.

    With this plus the other things today, it sounds like Apple is starting to get serious about the Big Enterprise. WWDC could be really intersting.

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  2. Ethernet power rating by andy55 · · Score: 2, Interesting


    Wow--I didn't even know power support was built in to the ethernet spec. Anyone know the power capacity of the spec and any related details?

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  3. Re:$300!?! by Sillypuddy · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I have the Linksys AP before I brought the airport base station and I thought the same thing.. what am I paying for..

    the coolest is the fact that software to administrate the basestation, setting up keys, etc is built in OS X, the program to update the firmware is built into OS X and the base station shares the printer via rendezvous.. it's awesome compare to the generic Linksys AP

    -joe

  4. What could be useful... by grahamtriggs · · Score: 2, Interesting


    I notice that the USB port is disabled when using POE... which kind of got me thinking - there are more uses for a USB port than attaching printer... how about a model that allows you to connect a cable/DSL modem via USB (many of the modems given away only have USB connections).

  5. :) Interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Power over Ethernet...

    Many people are trying to transmit data over power cables. However this PoE is reverse idea. :)
    Intersting...
    Which one would be better?

  6. No joke by useosx · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is dead serious.