Using The Power Supply - 3Com 3CRWE870075A - Wireless LAN Access Point 8700 User Manual

If you supply your own Ethernet cable for connecting power, be sure that it is
standard category 5 straight-through (8-wire) cable that has not been altered
in any way. Use of nonstandard cable could damage the access point.
"To Access Point"

Using the Power Supply

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SING THE OWER
CAUTION: To avoid damaging network equipment, make sure that the cables
are connected from access point to power supply to LAN as shown above and
described below.
The power supply can be located at any point between the access point and the
LAN access port, wherever a convenient power outlet exists. If you supply your
own Ethernet cable for connecting power, be sure that it is standard category 5
straight-through (8-wire) cable that has not been altered in any way. Use of
nonstandard cable could damage the access point.
Refer to the illustration above, and follow these steps:
1 Connect one end of the Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port on the access
point.
2 Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to the port labeled To Access
Point on the power supply.
3 Connect the power cord to the power supply and plug the cord into a power
outlet.
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Using A Power-over-Ethernet
LAN Port