NETGEAR Insight Managed Smart Cloud Wireless Access Point WAC510

[CMA405]

I am at a complete loss for words that this product .... doesn’t come with a power cord??? Unbelievable. Ordered from Amazon. Something that is bought to be mounted on the wall or ceiling doesn’t come with a power cord? But it has the power outlet/jack in the back of the device? Truly baffling and doesn’t make any sense at all. I had to go out and make a separate trip to get something that fits it. Really frustrating and non-sensical. It is not mentioned in the package contents but it absolutely should be included ... incredibly misleading. Why would anyone buy this without a source of power to make it work?

[antinode]

> I am at a complete loss for words that this product .... doesn't come
> with a power cord??? [...]

   Need words?  Here are a few from the WAC510 Product Data Sheet:

      o One PoE port (WAN port) on both models for ease of deployment.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_over_Ethernet

> [...] Truly baffling and doesn't make any sense at all. [...]

   Perhaps for some of us.

> [...] Why would anyone buy this without a source of power to make it
> work?

   Some people would prefer not to run more wires than necessary to
"Something that is bought to be mounted on the wall or ceiling".

      https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/bd-p/business-wireless-for-business

   It's possible that the Netgear folks in charge of the "Business
Wireless" product line expected customers to have some grasp on what
they were buying, and how to install it.  Or, at least, the ability to
find and comprehend the relevant documentation:

   Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation.  Get some.  Read.

   Entertaining indignation, though.

      "What?!!!  You need to put _air_ in this balloon?!!!"

[CMA405]

Okay. Heard. You didn’t have to be quite that much of a **bleep** about it in your delivery, but enticing novel response and valid points. I didn’t know PoE was a thing. I should have read and dug more .. but i tried everything without the power cord and it didn’t seem to work.

Thanks

[antinode]

> [...] You didn't have to be quite that much of a **bleep** about it in
> your delivery, [...]

      "Ma, _he_ started it!"

   If you had started with something like the following, then my
response would likely have been quite different:

      I bought a new WAC510, which has a power jack, but no power
      adapter was included in the kit.  What am I missing?

   See the difference?  But NOooo...  You had to get all huffy, right
off the line.

> [...] but i tried everything without the power cord and it didn't seem
> to work.

   "everything" and "everything I could think of" are spelled
differently for a reason.  But the latter is usually adjustable.

   If you don't have the appropriate PoE gizmos/capabilities, then you'd
need a conventional power adapter.  As the documentation suggests,
either method can be used.