James Knott wrote:
On 2023-04-20 11:13, Per Jessen wrote:
fwiw, I am also looking for some new access points. I haven't really had the time to dedicate to it, but Netgear and Zyxel are probably my favourites right now. The Netgear WAX218 looks good, although it defaults to PoE and doesn't come with a power supply. It's a bit pricey - I'm going to look for one without PoE.
PoE injectors are cheap.
Yep, but roughly the same price as a separate power supply :-)
However, you could buy an AP that comes with one, such as my Unifi AC-Lite. One advantage to PoE is you don't have to worry about having AC power handy.
Absolutely - in the office, we have PoE switches installed, but only 100Mbit (for telephones mostly). I'm not keen on upgrading to 1Gbit PoE switches, I haven't even looked at the prices. For the iot access points, I could well imagine going for a PoE access point though. It depends on the price. afaict, PoE is still mostly/only for professional use, so the devices are given a decent price hike to match. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (6.5°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes