Looking for a POE/POE+ powered router (WiFi not required)

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I am looking for a OpenWrt-compatible router with the following requirements:

  1. POE or POE+ powered
  2. >=3 gigabit/multigig ports (1 WAN and at least 2 LAN, for LACP)
  3. Can run Wireguard at 1000Mbps
  4. WiFi is not needed (I already have a WAX220)

The OpenWrt One is almost perfect for my use case, except it only has one 2.5g LAN :sob:

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get a regular router plus a PoE splitter instead ?

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get a regular router plus a PoE splitter instead ?

This could work, let me do my research first (never heard of PoE splitter before)

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What I mean is each LAN should be >= 1Gbps, so 2.5Gbps certainly fulfill this requirement.

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BTW I am reading this list

https://openwrt.org/toh/views/toh_poe-powered

NanoPi R6S is listed here, but I found no mention of "POE" in their docs. Am I missing something?

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sure, but you were also complaining about it only having one multi gig port, so it did sound like like you wanted 2+ of those.

there's also the Openwrt One, it got PoE built in, AFAIK.

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I think what you're after is an active poe to some sort of DC voltage converter.

A "splitter" sometimes is used for a passive converter too.

Keep in mind how much power the router you need wants to use?

~12-15W on 802.3af. ~24-30W on 802.3at.

Getting a .bt converter (for 60W) is doable but I don't have experience and they get expensive.

Also the cheap active adapters don't do gigabit. Some of the cheap sellers say they are but they're not.

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you were also complaining about it only having one multi gig port

Actually I do want >=3 gigabit/multigig ports (1 for WAN, the others for LAN)
:smiling_face_with_tear: Sorry if my bad English sounds confusing

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My switch is 802.3at so 30W max.
The tp-link TL-POE10R is the first result when I search for "POE splitter" in google. It's about 20$ in where I live. Not sure about the quality though.

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With a POE splitter, GL-MT6000 should satisfy all my requirements (I think it consumes <20W).

Thanks for the answers!

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I doubt it, power adapter is 12V4A, that's 48W - https://openwrt.org/toh/hwdata/gl.inet/gl.inet_gl-mt6000

The PoE splitter above is 12W.

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Banana Pi BPI-R4 has PoE option module, however it won't be in stable release support anytime soon.

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@abceleung RB5009UG+S-IN can be fed through PoE and has 2,5 GbE and SFP+.

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Yeah that's an 802.3af adapter. 12W. One would also need to check whether it's only 100mbit too?

You want a .at adapter. First i found was Planet POE-162S which is 24W and gigabit. There are certainly other options but it would require research.

My solution to needing more than 24W on .at (and redundant power domains) was using ideal diodes as a dumb current sharing solution.

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Nice suggestions, thanks!

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From their docs, it seems I have to solder the POE module myself :thinking: I might screw it up so I probably won't buy this one. Thanks for your suggestion btw

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It still will take DC in on front panel? Then just use external adapter instead =P But using an external adapter does open you up to an arbitrary selection of devices.

A funny solution would be just get a PoE AP which has two gigabit ethernet interfaces? =P

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NanoPi R6S with a PoE USB-C splitter would meet all of those requirements nicely.

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NanoPi R6S is a nice choice, I just need to find a good POE splitter.

I would probably pick either NanoPi R6S or the MikroTik RB5009UG+S-IN, though I prefer the R6S because of the smaller form factor.

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In case you want to power your WAX220 via the router than RB5009UPr+S+IN is a nice option (do note there is a pending PR though)

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But R6S is not going to get stable soon (the snapshot just started not too long time ago)

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