Only complaint is that they didn't offer it two years ago... Perfect, simple product for the nagging problem of getting line voltage near your electronics. Other versions have been available from other sources for a while now, and you could always roll your own, but this is a nice, elegant, reasonably priced package that does precisely what it should do.
By the way, the other reviewer's comments about mixing 5 volt and 12 volt components is incorrect. You should NOT use a 5 volt power source with a 12 volt device. Granted you *probably* won't...
[Linksys WAPPOE Power Over Ethernet Adapter Kit review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 08/24/2004 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
73% (11 of 15) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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5 Volt Only - won't work with WRT54G v.2 or WRT54G"S" The newer Linksys products including the WRT54G v.2 use a 12 volt power supply and will not work with the WAPPOE. Linksys lists on the product page for the WAPPOE that it will work with the WRT54G but in reality it will only work with the v.1 and v.1.1 that use a 5 volt power supply.
[Linksys WAPPOE Power Over Ethernet Adapter Kit review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 2.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 03/23/2004 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
67% (23 of 34) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Last review about 5volts versus 12volts is incorrect
[Linksys WAPPOE Power Over Ethernet Adapter Kit review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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31% (5 of 16) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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12 Product Solution
Linksys makes a version of this unit ( WAPPOE12 ) - that is designed for 12 volt systems.
[Linksys WAPPOE Power Over Ethernet Adapter Kit review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 10/31/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (5 of 5) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Great Product, Shouldn't Be Used With 12V Equipment. I'll be the second engineer to tell you not to use this product with any 12V equipment. Devices require some fixed amount of power to operate and when you supply 5V to a device that expects 12V, it's going to get the power, at the expense of drawing over twice as much current. This will cause the device to operate outside its operating specifications, probably run hotter, and probably fail earlier.
[Linksys WAPPOE Power Over Ethernet Adapter Kit review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 02/08/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
71% (5 of 7) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Effective, Cheap, Easy;, SWEEEET!!! This device does exactly what is says it can do. And, buying from BUY.COM is really cheap. Sure, you could futz with all the parts from Radio Shack, and do POE yourself, and that would be fun. However, I bought, I plugged, I plugged again, and then I surfed. Nice price point to effectiveness.
[Linksys WAPPOE Power Over Ethernet Adapter Kit review by cryptomail dot org can be read at buy.com] | | buy.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | cryptomail dot org | | Review Date: | 03/12/2004 | | User Location: | San Francisco, CA | | Review From: | User Review |  | | |
100% (2 of 2) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Also useful for 48V DC POE devices Appears to implement 802.3af Power Over Ethernet (POE) standard in full. Marked down because the documentation supplied and available on Linksys web site is so dismal.
I'm using it with a Cisco 7960 phone, though that requires a custom cable with pins 4&5 swapped with 7&8, since the phone uses Cisco's pre-standard POE pin-out.
[Linksys WAPPOE Power Over Ethernet Adapter Kit review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 01/11/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
40% (2 of 5) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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It really does work with 12v I have the WRT54G v.2 that uses a 12 volt power supply. I plugged this PoE in and it worked right way even thought it said 5v output. It has been running now for 4 months with no problems. I guess the reviewer who is "the engineer with 25 years experience" was incorrect- experience does not count for actually doing it.
[Linksys WAPPOE Power Over Ethernet Adapter Kit review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 12/02/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
25% (1 of 4) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Not actually 802.3af Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg.com
Pros: Power over CAT5 cable works well, get the 12V version for Linksys products that can take the higher voltage (lower current) input.
Cons: NOT 802.3af compatible, they apply 48V without checking to see if the other end is 802.3af, so risk damaging something. Splitters don't power up when attached to (Linksys!) 802.3af Poe switches.
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[Linksys WAPPOE Power Over Ethernet Adapter Kit review by Willie can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 4.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Willie | | Review Date: | 04/12/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  | | |
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Not 802.3af PoE compliant Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
Pros: I'm sure this works fine for 5v devices.
Cons: Linksys' documentation for this device is weak. So let me clear it up for you. This only works for devices needing a 5v DC input. It does not work with devices that can be powered by the ethernet cable alone. It is not compliant with the new PoE standard, 802.3af, which requires a 12v supply in the ethernet cable itself.
[Linksys WAPPOE Power Over Ethernet Adapter Kit review by Hardware Zealot can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Hardware Zealot | | Review Date: | 07/18/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (1 of 1) Users Found This Review Helpful |