[RFI] turnabout is fair play??

[Zach White]

On Aug 13, 2004, at 3:05 PM, David Robbins K1TTT wrote:

> Article in August 2004 "Computer" magazine article from the IEEE
> Computer Society talks about the possibility of using Ethernet cables 
> to
> power remote devices.  Would this be PBL?  Power over Broadband 
> Lines???
>

David,

This is Power Over Ethernet (PoE) and the IEEE has already formalized 
the specification as IEEE 802.3af. There are many community wireless 
and hot spot providers who use this to place their APs near outdoor 
antennas so as to minimize loss. You can also find lots of 802.11[abc] 
devices that have PoE support built in, and custom adaptors for 
retrofitting devices that do not have this support.

The IEEE specification can be found at 
http://www.ieee802.org/3/af/index.html .

Although I did find your ironic comment about power over broadband 
lines pretty funny, I thought others might find the official specs 
interesting.

-Zach