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I’m disappointed that there aren’t any hubs with PoE or are nice enough to mount on the ceiling next to APs. Heck, I’m disappointed there’s no ceiling-mount A
by xattt 4y ago
I’m disappointed that there aren’t any hubs with PoE or are nice enough to mount on the ceiling next to APs.
Heck, I’m disappointed there’s no ceiling-mount APs with built-in Z-wave/Zigbee.
- pnw 4y agoUbiquiti has the UAP-IW-HD, in-wall mounted four port POE/wireless AP that uses a standard mounting box. I replaced my old cable TV outlets with them in a couple of rooms and they work great.
- xattt 4y agoI guess by hub I meant home hub device.
- youngtaff 4y agoDoes Ubiquiti’s stuff conform to POE standards these days - for a long while it didn’t
- archi42 4y agoYes, I'm running my stuff from an Aruba PoE switch; UAP-Lite (the "new" versions with PoE) and U6-lite. Some of the newer devices use PoE+, like the U6-pro. They have documented this here: https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000263008-UniFi-Supported-PoE-Output-and-Input-Modes https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000263008-UniFi-Sup...
- nsteel 4y agoOr the cheaper TP-Link version: TP-Link AX1800 Dual Band Gigabit Wall Plate
- dpifke 4y agoWould a Raspberry Pi with PoE hat plus USB Z-wave stick (plus USB wifi radio, if you're looking for it to also be a "AP" and want better than out of the box with hostapd) work for you? Z-wave's relay design makes hub placement less of an issue than with e.g. wifi, which is probably why you don't see much attention paid to mounting/appearance concerns. It doesn't much matter, so long as you have a device near the hub, then another device near that one, and so on.
- xattt 4y agoI do appreciate this suggestion and have considered it in the past. The spouse acceptance factor for mounting a computer board to the ceiling is low in my household. :) I hadn’t considered that the mesh nature of home control devices has negated the need for central placement.