POE?

[jdogherman]

does the Mark V support passive poe like the Mark IV?

[telot]

• Power: DC in Variable 5-12v, ~1A, 5.5mm*2.1mm connector, International Power Supply

Certainly appears to!

telot

[bigthinker]

• Power: DC in Variable 5-12v, ~1A, 5.5mm*2.1mm connector, International Power Supply

Certainly appears to!

telot

are you saying it supports POE because of the listed DC in? at 5-12 volts and POE supporting 25w give or take then it "should" work, did i follow you correctly there?

[Darren Kitchen]

Passive PoE will work. https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10759

[barry99705]

Passive PoE will work. https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10759

I make my own, not as ugly as this, but it's the same idea.

http://tech2.in.com/how-to/wifi-routers/how-to-make-a-power-over-ethernet-poe-adapter/223062

[jdogherman]

Its a shame the passive POE is not built in :(

[Darren Kitchen]

Its a shame the passive POE is not built in :(

It's a tough call when you're trying to add so much and yet stick with the same price point. I'm sure an adapter cable will be suitable for most installations.

[jdogherman]

Is there space on the board that we can populate to make it work?

[barry99705]

Is there space on the board that we can populate to make it work?

Most likely not. Standard poe switches push power over data lines, they also have circuitry designed to sense poe devices and not spit out power unless there's a poe device attached. Unless the poe circuit was designed into the pineapple, you can't add it in later.

[jdogherman]

A passive POE would not use those components though. Its odd that it would be excluded based on price as I would think the design could support it (as the eth0 is on 10/100; only using 2 pairs)