[Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: H. at .PinG @ N01538R!d63 POE wiring help needed

Robert Chu robert.chu01 at gmail.com
Mon Sep 23 17:58:43 UTC 2013


One of my goals with this device is to try to see if I could pick up access
points as far as Sutro Tower.

Cheers
Rayc

On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Robert Chu <robert.chu01 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I will download the manual and check it out. In addition, would there be
> any advantage to using two access points facing the same dish? I don't
> think there would be if they are the same.
>
>
> Thanks and Cheers
> Rayc
>
>  On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> You should find out what voltage it wants on the POE jack. It may be
>> expecting 48VDC.
>>
>> Do you have the user manual for it? It should tell you explicitly what it
>> needs.
>>
>> (Note: if someone makes up antenna arrays like this, I can tell you how
>> to program the Atheros NIC to control them.)
>>
>>
>>
>> -adrian
>>
>>
>>
>>  On 23 September 2013 05:15, Robert Chu <robert.chu01 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Robert Chu <robert.chu01 at gmail.com>
>>> Date: Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 5:12 AM
>>> Subject: H. at .PinG @ N01538R!d63 POE wiring help needed
>>> To: Robert Chu <robert.chu01 at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hacking @ccess Point ing @ N01538R!d63!!!
>>>
>>> Good Morning Noisebridge community,
>>>
>>> I am currently trying to hack a Ruckus ZoneFlex 2942 Wireless AP to a
>>> Dish networks antena dish that was donated.
>>> I made a custom mount out of wood and can easily connect the RZF 2942 to
>>> the center, facing the dish.
>>>
>>> 1.a) Optimaly what I want to do is negate the DC jack and connect
>>> directly to the 10/100 POE port via a 12V / 1.0A DC Jack (wall wart) hack.
>>> I've tried connecting the dc jack to the differernt color combinations of a
>>> spliced cat 5 cable, and got no success for it to light up. (Is the port
>>> disabled by default and switched on explisitly via a POE Router / the POE
>>> router sends a command to switch the POE port on?).
>>> 1.b) If so, then it would be awesome to run the dc jack straight to the
>>> POE port, so that both data and power go to the POE port, instead of wiring
>>> the DC jack on ap to the ethernet.
>>>
>>> 2. How can I figure out which two pairs are tramitting and receiving, so
>>> that I can use saulder a dc tip and wall wart, to each end of the pairs
>>> that are not being used.
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> RAYC
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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