topic Re: PoE on WiFi discs in Broadband & Landline

PoE on WiFi discs

Hat322 — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 12:01:20 GMT

We've got EE's Smart WiFi package arriving tomorrow and, because we're currently having work done on the house, we're talking to our electrician about positioning the router etc. He's proposing to use PoE (power over ethernet) for the Smart WiFi disc - does anyone know if this will work?

Re: PoE on WiFi discs

Chris_B — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 12:13:48 GMT

@Hat322 Is that to power the disk ? Because that will not work as the disk is powered via a jack plug on the disk and a wall socket. He’s an electrician not a network engineer, you’re not trying to power the disk from the router. The disk is very much like a Wi-Fi repeater and it’s not hard wired to the router.

Re: PoE on WiFi discs

XRaySpeX — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 12:15:28 GMT

If you mean powering the disks by PoE from the router instead of powering them from the mains, the EE Smart Router does not provide PoE.

Never talk to a house electrician about networking 😉 !