From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 7 17:49:14 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BD0116A40F for ; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 17:49:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (creme-brulee.marcuscom.com [24.172.16.118]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6DBD43D5E for ; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 17:49:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from shumai.marcuscom.com (shumai.marcuscom.com [192.168.1.4]) by creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k97HoAR8062919; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 13:50:10 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: Michael Johnson In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-8Nl/AcYbTaP0s2z1chPy" Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 13:49:12 -0400 Message-Id: <1160243352.5889.13.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: POE networking, what's the range? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 17:49:14 -0000 --=-8Nl/AcYbTaP0s2z1chPy Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2006-10-07 at 13:40 -0400, Michael Johnson wrote: > This isn't really a FreeBSD-specific question but does > anyone know the range of Power Over Ethernet? I want > something to go from my house to my garage apartment > then hook a wireless access point in to the POE box. The > garage and the house are on their own power circuit but > where the lines split is in between the house and the garage. > I'm thinking it'll be around 600ft plus all the wiring in the house > and garage. I'm kinda hesitant to buy one and try it before > I *think* it may work. 600 ft will be too much. POE (802.3af) works over Cat 5 which limits you to 328 feet or 100 meters. Joe --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-8Nl/AcYbTaP0s2z1chPy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBFJ+iYb2iPiv4Uz4cRAhKlAKCvaVzX2HD/aPJVoUc3ARbpc8wcjgCeLMVq ssLVSvd6jyN4Vx70To0wH64= =ZnHo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-8Nl/AcYbTaP0s2z1chPy--