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PoE+ Gigabit Ethernet Plus Switch
I have not yet purchased this device, but I am contemplating doing so. I have downloaded the manual, and I've searched through it to answer one very important question. If, through ignorance,...
There is no harm connecting a PC/laptop to any PoE port of the PoE switch. You don't have to worry about it.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
All industry compliant IEEE like 802.3af, 802.3at, 802.3bt (type 3) and 802.3bt (type 4) are perfectly secure. Unless a connected device (the PD, powered device) does negotiate power delivery with the PSE (Power source equipment), there is no power applied.
The technology for this can vary widely, from some resistors over the data pairs, pulse signals, over to LLDP-MED (link layer discovery protocol). Backwards compatibility is always granted.
It can be very different with all these "passive" and whatever proprietary or legacy solutions providing power over an Ethernet data link.
PS. Uncertain what "this device" you have in mind - the tagged GS308E isn't a PoE switch.
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