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Do the latest access point models support Passive POE?
Define what you mean by 'passive poe'? My recollection was passive PoE was limited to 10/100, but doesn't work on Gig. But I want to make sure I understand what you are asking.
From what I understand it's not part of the IEEE POE standard (AF & AT). It's also my understanding that it doesn't negotiate to see if the end device requires POE, but instead just sends 24 or 48v constantly. I believe you're correct in that there's also no gigabit support. So my question is would this work for powering the latest Aruba APs?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_over_Ethernet#Passive
My understanding is that devices will either support passive PoE (less common) or the IEEE standards 802.3af / 802.3at. Never both passive & 802.3af/802.3at.
I don't think we have tested 'passive' power, but all Aruba APs are gigiabit interfaces so would work. Would likely be best to use 802.3af/at spec'd POE.
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