I need to power 16 IP phones over their Ethernet connections. I am in the process of changing our switches and only the phones need PoE, everything else is powered by mains cables.
I have contacted the supplier of the phones and for 16 mains leads it will be close to £300. I know it's possible to get a PoE injector that goes between the mains and the phone but I would like to do this as tidily as possible and ideally in bulk.
I imagine something that looks like a switch but doesn't actually 'switch' if that makes sense. Basically I want to inject power to 16 devices at once.
Best Answer
You can get multiport PoE injectors, e.g. this one:
http://www.midspans.com/pages/15w/POE370U_15.4W_8-16-24-port_midspan.php
(no idea if it's good or bad, first one I found with 16 ports).