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Day: March 26, 2008

Cat-5 Ethernet/Serial/PoE To Your Wireless Router

March 26, 2008 by Will O'Brien 29 Comments


Adding PoE(Power over Ethernet) just wasn’t good enough for [steve]. Not only does he have power running over his Cat-5, he shared the ground wire and used the remaining pair to add a serial console to his rooftop mounted wireless router. Nice.

Posted in Misc Hacks, Wireless HacksTagged cat5, ethernet, PoE, router, wireless

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