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While I can find lots of information about PoE, I'm finding little about "gotchas" or "warnings".
That being said, what would happen if I configured a switch to give PoE then plugged that into a device that doesn't support PoE? Would it damage the endpoint device?
I can say from experience, all of our corporate data center switches are configured for PoE for our phones, but we can safely plug those network cables into any other device as well. Laptops, Desktops, dumb switches etc. Hopefully someone can explain the science of it in the answers. – Callen L – 2014-08-21T17:28:10.457
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possible duplicate of Can I connect a PC to a PoE switch?, Is it harmful to plug a POE energized data source into non-POE NIC card?
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2014-08-21T17:29:40.033