From eWeek:
Power Over Ethernet (POE) is going to fundamentally change the way LANs are used in the next three to five years by substantially lowering WLAN (Wireless LAN) installation costs and removing one of the key barriers to VOIP (Voice Over IP) implementations.That's just too cool. There is talk that the RJ-45 Ethernet jack will one day be a worldwide standard power plug.The recent ratification of the POE standard will unleash a slew of new devices on IT managers. Accommodating these devices and applications will require strategic planning, but the benefits will likely be far-reaching.
POE, known more formally as the IEEE's 802.3af specification, defines a standard way for data terminal equipment to be powered over Media Dependent Interface, or MDI. The POE standard was published—the IEEE's equivalent of bestowing sainthood—in July, but a trickle of 802.3af devices started showing up well before then.
Another side benefit: POE electric guitars!
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Where the hell have you ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Paul | December 1, 2003 4:01 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Where the hell have you been?
Apparently not installing WISP equipment.
I was introduced to it 2 years ago and I was behind then.
It happens to the best of us. ;-)
1. Posted by Paul | December 1, 2003 4:01 PM |
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Posted on December 1, 2003 16:01
2. Posted by Meryl Yourish | December 2, 2003 11:26 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Watch it, guys. Geek talk really makes me hot.
2. Posted by Meryl Yourish | December 2, 2003 11:26 PM |
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Posted on December 2, 2003 23:26
3. Posted by DANEgerus | December 3, 2003 3:27 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Purity Of Essence...
;)
3. Posted by DANEgerus | December 3, 2003 3:27 PM |
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Posted on December 3, 2003 15:27