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Written by Chris Abbey on 2024-09-23 at 01:35

Ok, today’s network mischief managed. My ISP’s ONT is now powered by PoE, which means it gets power from the same UPS as the rest of the network stack on the 3rd floor. So if the wifi is up, the network will be too. As a bonus I got rid of the cat 5 jack they patched onto the end of my cat6e cable, and the 3 inch long bastard patch cord shoved into the box.

I didn’t feel like ripping into the wall, so the house side still goes out to the exterior, then comes back in with the fiber.

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Written by Chris Abbey on 2024-09-23 at 01:43

This cable routing out and back in is ironically mirrored in the network. My main router can’t do PoE, so this drop is powered by my secondary switch. The port is clamped to an isolated vlan along with a second port that is then patch corded to the main router’s WAN port. I’ll probably pick up a proper PoE injector instead. It was a last minute surprise that the main router didn’t support PoE! #networking #dreamMyAss

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