Hi everyone
I recently called VirginMedia technical support as I was about to purchase a PoE (Power over Ethernet) adapter for my raspberry pi, and I wanted to check if my Hub 3 supported that protocol (I suspected not). I was told that the Hub 5 supported it (I asked them to double check the specifications i.e. IEEE 802.3af) and that they would send me a new hub.
So I went ahead and purchased the adapter, received the new hub5 and have just gone through setting up my home network again along with the various mesh network points.
My problem is that I have now plugged in the PoE adapter into an ethernet port, and the USB cable from that adapter into the raspberry pi and it's not receiving any power (it is fine from a standard PSU).
I'm now worried that the call centre person was not sure what they were confirming when I asked them to confirm that the hub supported IEEE 802.3af (power over ethernet, not to be confused with ethernet over power which is what many people use for their "homeplug" systems).
Anyone know if this is something I need to enable? Or if the hub5 supports it at all?
Many thanks
J