PoE

Power over Ethernet Delivers Cost-Effective Benefits
With Power over Ethernet (PoE), your network can deliver added functionality. New network applications such as surveillance cameras, Voice over IP (VoIP) phones, and wireless networking can help businesses improve productivity. IEEE 802.3af PoE offers a superior, standards-based approach to installing these types of applications, reducing installation costs and offering improved management and control for network devices. NETGEAR offers a number of PoE-enabled devices for entry-level and growing business needs. Networks with PoE offer many benefits:

• Lower Installation Costs
  Devices such as surveillance cameras and wireless access points (APs) work best when installed high up on walls or ceilings. This is far away from typical AC outlet locations, and most installations require an electrician to install new power outlets. PoE devices use a single, standard Cat-5 Ethernet cable for both power and data, eliminating the need to install a new electrical outlet, reducing installation costs.
• Use Existing Cabling
  Since most businesses have already run Cat 5 Ethernet cabling through the ceiling to every desktop, the cabling for these new network applications is typically already in place, reducing installation time.
• Manage with Existing Tools
  In larger, managed network environments, existing network management tools can be used to control both the power and network traffic of PoE devices. Troublesome or malfunctioning devices can be easily located and reset from the network or security control center.
• Reliability with Uninterruptible Power
  Power over Ethernet devices can be powered by uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), guaranteeing operation even if the main power goes out. Mission Critical devices such as surveillance cameras and VoIP phones continue to work when you need them the most.
• Easy Scalability
  Adding more devices-cameras, VoIP phones, wireless APs-is as easy as adding switches and plugging in the RJ-45 connector. PoE helps you grow quickly, and with less cost, than other solutions.
• Interoperability
  By using standards-based PoE products, networks can take advantage of the best of class solutions for the individual pieces of the network, instead of being tied into a single vendor with a proprietary system. Mixing and matching different vendors to ensure the most optimal solution for business and delivers the best value.
• Standard Power
  PoE technology integrates data and power on a standard Cat-5 Ethernet cable, without degrading the network's data communication performance or decreasing the network's reach. Power delivery is automatically activated when a compatible device is identified. NETGEAR PoE switches test whether a networked device is PoE-capable, and transmit power only when an 802.3af device is connected. The PoE switch also continues to monitor the port. If the powered device does not draw a minimum current, perhaps because it has been unplugged or physically turned off, the PoE switch shuts down the power to that port.

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