karopega wrote

Hello, 

 

So I have a small Omada setup in my home consisting of an OC200 controller and 2 access points EAP653, both connected by cable from OC200. Now - I want to have a cabled connection that starts from one of the accesspoints and connects to my computer station positioned further away. The access point that I want to extend from does not have a separate power supply, but is powered through PoE. So question is how I best can set this up. Do I for example:

 

- use an simple ethernet splitter with one input port and 2 output ports, and connect as input the cable from OC 200 and then output 1. to the access point (short cable) and then second cable to my computer station? (in such case there will be PoE in the cable to the computer station - would that be a problem)

- buy an alternative access point which has 2 ethernet ports and use the access point as the place where I can run the extension? I like this better, if possible. Is so, which access point would be recommendable, preferably under $200

 

Thanks for advise 

  @karopega 

if it is not too far away, you can buy another EAP653 and meshe, then you can output data to a PC from the EAP653 ethernet port which you can use for your PC. The EAP653 does not have power so the best thing is to use an EAP650, this access point comes with a power adapter.

  @KJK thanks. makes sense. I have only gotten myself involved in networking to the extend that I need it to get it going in my house. Hence some of the beginner questions :)