PoE for 802.11n

From what I can tell, the wireless 802.11n vendors will have reduced power to comply with current standards by the time 802.3at finally arrives.

Siemens have a 802.11n products running at full capability using current 802.3af PoE, so it looks like it might only be a matter of time before the remaining vendors follow.

Or will it?

It seems the others might take a while as they all use an Atheros chipset, which is where Siemens differ. So they are basically all depending on Atheron to reduce the power consumption
 
We're in the process of changing all our switching to 3560 POE Stuff; I figure that anything wireless will have to make do with 11g for now; Replacing 200 Access Points isnt going to happen soon; and the 48p switches are fairly cheap considering we're buying 30 odd :). Anywhere we really have to have 11n, I'll run an external power brick if required; chances are it'll only be the IT offices anyhow ;)
 
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