Good points, Philippe. For those organizations that want to be bleeding edge, I don't think PoE concerns are going to hold them back. Every vendor has a way to address them today in a way that's not a show-stopper.
Has anyone heard from Cisco, Extreme, Foundry, HP, etc. on when 802.3at switches/blades will be available? Which 802.11n AP supports Etherchannel? It's my understanding that any vendor who has a second Ethernet port on their AP is using it exclusively for PoE (Trapeze's AP may be the exception). Frank -----Original Message----- From: Philippe Hanset [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:35 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] 802.11n tied to 802.3at Following the trail of discussion about 802.11n, I wouldn't be buying 802.11n before 802.3at (AKA Power over Ethernet PLUS) gears are on the market. By then, 802.11n vendors should have only one Ethernet port to the AP. One port will bring savings on PoE injectors, Cabling, and even switchports (if you were planning to etherchannel those two 100 Mbps ports to one AP). After all, a 48 ports 10/100/1000 switch is only 50% more expensive than a 10/100 (in the Cisco world), one more reason to only have one cable from the switch to the AP! Last thing: According to a few websites, 802.3at will work over regular cat5. Best, Philippe Hanset University of Tennessee ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
