David Taylor <djtaylor@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>Incidentally, did you mention somewhere that you'd run much more than
>the stated 5V into a Netgear ME102? Maybe it was a Linksys, can't

You'd probably want to pull the covers off it and check the circuitry.
Many of the Linksys boxes can run from near 4 volts to nearly 25 volts
(the limits are the drop-out voltage of the 3.3V regulator and the
power supply input capacitor rating). No idea how Netgear is
configured.

The nice thing about the Linksys boxes is that power supply current
drops as the voltage rises, so line losses can be correspondingly
lower.

Remind me sometime and I'll write up my "Power Over Cat5" conversion.
Also, look for a thread titled "Linksys Lies!" 8*)