Router powered trough PoE

[Sapphire18]

Hello there,

 

to firstly specify, I am in a home environment, so I do not need any business solutions etc.

My old router is slowly dying and I need to replace it, it is:

TL-WR743ND - a PoE powered router, something, that was very suitable for placement in my home, since I had already premade cabling to specific location, without

having electricity there.

 

At the moment, I cant seem to find any suitable home use routers that can be powered trough PoE and for aesthetics I dont want to be using passive poe splitter.

 

Are there any PoE powered routers you know of, that could be used in a home setup? In lets say 0-75 dollar range? I could go with a separate router and placing only AP on the spot, but that would probably cross my budget.

Also I heard about some Mikrotiks, but I would rather avoid those for home use.

 

Thanks

[Oshino Shinobu]

There's the Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X, though unfortunately it can only be powered via Ubiquiti's proprietary 24v passive PoE rather than 802.3af/at. 

 

If you're okay with having a PoE injector, or having a 802.3af to 24v Passive adaptor, then you can power it with a standard PoE switch. It's a good router, too. Bear in mind it doesn't have an access point built in though, so you'll need an AP for WiFi if you don't already have one.

[brwainer]

Based on your current TL-WR743ND we can tell that your POE must be passive, and I’m assuming you are using the POE injector that comes with that router.

 

I know you asked for non-enterprise options, but most of the people here who could make you recommendations don’t pay attention to the home-oriented brands and models.

 

If you are comfortable with learning something new, I’d recommend a Mikrotik hAP AC2: https://mikrotik.com/product/hap_ac2 -it comes with a normal power supply, you can use it with this POE injector: https://mikrotik.com/product/RBGPOE

total MSRP is $77

[brwainer]

2 hours ago, Sapphire18 said:

Also I heard about some Mikrotiks, but I would rather avoid those for home use.

Sorry, just saw this. I don’t have any other recommendations. The EdgeRouter X that was mentioned doesnmt have wireless.