Uses
Some types of devices with PoE include:
- IP Security Cameras
- Network routers
- A mini network switch installed in distant rooms, to support a small cluster of ports from one uplink cable. (These ports on the mini-switch do not themselves provide PoE.) (In most modern VoIP phones a two-port switch is embedded to which a local workstation can be installed using a different VLAN from the voice-VLAN used by the phone itself)
- Network webcams
- Network Intercom / Paging / Public address systems and hallway speaker amplifiers
- VoIP phones
- Wall clocks in rooms and hallways, with time set using Network Time Protocol
- Wireless access points
- Outdoor roof mounted radios with integrated antennas, 802.11 or 802.16 based wireless CPEs (customer premises equipment) used by wireless ISPs.
- Industrial devices (sensors, controllers, meters etc.)
- Access control and Help-points (intercoms, entry cards, keyless entry, etc.)
- Lighting controllers
- Remote Point of Sale (POS) kiosks
- Physical Security devices and controllers
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