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CDE2
Aug 18, 2022Aspirant
POE powered access point - with a POE port for CCTV camera ?
Hi, does anyone know of a Netgear Wireless Access Point that is powered by POE and provides a POE RJ45 port to power a poe enabled CCTV camera? Regards
schumaku
Aug 23, 2022Guru - Experienced User
Not aware of any PoE AP with PoE pass-through from Netgear. A very rare species in the market anyway.
schumaku
Aug 23, 2022Guru - Experienced User
Odd, the system has not showed subsequent replies to me since 18-AUG before posting.
More on the subject, if we look at the power requirements of modern APs, and even more the cameras.
An average dual radio Wi-Fi 6 AP like a WAX615 (AX3000 2x2 class with 5GHz: 20/40/80/160MHz 2.4GHz: 20/40MHz radios) or a WAX620 (AX3600 4x4 class with 5GHz: 20/40/80MHz 2.4GHz: 20/40MHz radios) does require power near or full to the 802.3at limits, like the WAX615 on 21.2W or a WAX620 on 25.5W. There is no spare power if operated on the affordable 802.3at PoE switch port.
Small network cameras start from about 4W, so if a hypothetical AP with PoE pass-through does require a 802.3bt power source - still a comparable expensive technology.
Beyond of all this, there are several challenges for the implementation (the AP has to define the power required at power on), so additional logic must be added to operate the AP shown above standalone on a 802.3at power source, or requesting 802.3bt if there should be power available on a pass-through PoE port. When we look at the challenges people have deploying for example the Netgear GS105PE, a simple small switch with PoE passthrough capabilities - starting from the tech requirements and limitations up to the operational and finally support challenges, honestly, I understand the industry does not design bigger devices like APs or the like with PoE passthrough.
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