BT Smart Hub (Type A) - POE support?

Eeekster · 13 Aug 2021 at 11:07

Hiya,

Quick question, as couldn't find a definitive 'google' answer.. Does anyone know whether the BT Smart Hub (Type-A - fibre) has power-over-ethernet?

I was looking at starting some small R-Pi projects and thought to add a pi-hole, but was wanting to limit cabling (with the poe+ hat) - but a bit pointless if the hub doesn't support poe..

Thanks!

Caged · 13 Aug 2021 at 11:22

It doesn't support PoE. If something doesn't expressly say that it has PoE ports then it's a safe bet to assume there are no PoE ports.

Semple · 13 Aug 2021 at 11:30

Come to think of it, do any ISP provided routers come with PoE?

PoE typically raises the cost by some way, and ISP provided routers are the cheapest they can get their hands on.

Eeekster · 13 Aug 2021 at 11:31

Thanks gents, I suspected as much, just wanted to have one less cable about the place