Zyxel’s new PoE12-3PD offers network flexibility and simplicity across outdoor spaces and historical buildings, helping to overcome connectivity problems that have existed for years.
For businesses working in outdoor spaces or older buildings, connectivity has been a problem for many years as finding network solutions that can give what is required have been thin on the ground. But now there are solutions and the latest to enter the market is Zyxel Networks’ PoE12-3PD, a Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) extender designed to help organisations overcome network deployment challenges over long distances and power limitations.
Suitable for indoor or outdoor use, the PoE12-3PD is a cloud-managed device that enhances network flexibility for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and managed service providers (MSPs), making it easy for them to provide extended network connectivity to cover larger outdoor areas, across large internal floor spaces, in historical buildings or over extended ranges without sufficient power outlets.
While PoE switches can be used to simplify cabling infrastructures, network performance is often bound by a cable distance limitation of 100 metres. Zyxel Networks’ PoE12-3PD offers an efficient and cost-effective solution that extends network coverage.
Extending networks with ease
The PoE12-3PD is a simple plug-and-play solution that transmits data and power to the edge of networks. Capable of delivering a total power budget of up to 45W through three PoE+ downlink ports, it allows multiple PoE clients – such as IP cameras, access control systems, IoT devices and smart home devices and sensors that are typically installed outdoors or in the hard-to-reach corners of a building – to be connected.
Once installed, users can monitor their network status through Zyxel Networks’ Nebula cloud platform. This provides a single-pane-of-glass monitoring of the entire network and is accessible via the web and a mobile app, making troubleshooting straight-forward for network administrators and MSPs.
Designed to provide uninterrupted services, the PoE12-3PD’s continuous PoE feature minimises maintenance downtime and its network impact by providing continuous supply, even during power cycle and firmware upgrades.
Robust design
A robust design makes the PoE12-3PD ideal for outdoor and industrial environments too. It can withstand temperatures as low as -20°C and will remain operational in 50°C heat. It can be used on wall mounts and pole-mounts, and features an IP55 enclosure, 6KV surge protection and a grounding cable. In addition, as part of Zyxel Networks’ drive to reduce waste and its carbon footprint, the PoE12-3PD is delivered in plastic-free packaging.
“The PoE12-3PD is testament to the dedication we put in to solving real-world challenges faced by our customers,” says Kell Lin, associate vice president of Networking Strategic Business Unit at Zyxel Networks. “Many smaller businesses prepare themselves for expansion, but often find moving to bigger offices can cause connectivity headaches. That is why we have developed a plug-and-play solution that empowers SMBs and MSPs to deploy networks in complex environments with ease and confidence.”
