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Old 09-08-2007, 10:28 PM
DeanB
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Default Re: Basic question on house ethernet design

On Sep 7, 10:25 am, Jeff Liebermann <je...@cruzio.com> wrote:
> DeanB <deanbrow...@yahoo.com> hath wroth:
>
> >It has everything to do with wireless! I am fixing up wireless cameras
> >and need a decent storage and archival backbone:) I lookaed at the
> >FS116PNA and it looks pretty good. Thanks for all the help.

>
> I hate to be a PITA, but why do you need PoE for wireless cameras?
> Only wired cameras use PoE. Were you planning on using wireless power
> to run the cameras? If so, rectifying the few milliwatts produced by
> the WRT54G is not going to run the pilot light, much less the whole
> camera. Also NAS (network attached storage) drives don't use PoE as
> they require much more horsepower. So, what are you going to run with
> PoE?
>
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Ok I'm sorry for the confusion - I want to wire some cameras on the
ethernet and use PoE to simplifiy the installation. For some other
cameras, where I don't have a convenient ethernet jack, I want to use
wireless.


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