Thread: Nokia N900 + Ethernet (via USB-RJ45 adapter)
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2014-07-30 , 21:12
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Originally Posted by zerox View Post
@chill

Perhaps you could obtain power from the ethernet cable via a POE device, e.g. this one on Amazon
It doesn't look like that particular cable would work, because it has a barrel connector at the other end, and the N900 doesn't have a socket for it.

But let's think about PoE as an idea. Power would come from the Ethernet (PoE) for the N900 (note that USB-Ethernet adapters cannot be powered, or none that I know can). The N900 would then simultaneously power the USB-Ethernet adapter. The problem is, how do you make it so that both the USB-Ethernet adapter and the power cable (coming from the PoE) are plugged into the N900?
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