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Can I extend an ethernet cable to the Arlo Base station beyond 100m with a POE switch?

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Waitz
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My Arlo base station is 110m away from my internet router, and I have difficulties getting a strong enough internet signal beyond 100m of ethernet cable. Can I strengthen the signal with a POE switch on the ethernet cable?

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@Waitz wrote:

Can I strengthen the signal with a POE switch on the ethernet cable?


Not sure exactly what you are thinking.  The POE switch doesn't give you a longer distance than an ordinary ethernet switch.  It just optionally adds power.  The base can't directly accept that power.

 

The cable spec for fast and gigabit ethernet is 100m, though I think in some cases you can connect further.  

 

But you can add a switch part way along the path between the router and the base, and then connect the switch to the router and the base.

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