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Vendors have voiced that they will be providing not only dual radio 802.11n capable APs, but in some cases 3-radio APs where one radio acts as a dedicated scanner. This is certainly going to up the power requirements beyond the 15.4 Watts provided by 802.3, Clause 33.

That, plus the fact that 802.3at isn't near finished AND the fact that redundant Ethernet connections to an AP isn't a bad thing (read: can be beneficial in some cases) could cause vendors to move toward having dual PoE/Ethernet ports on each AP. Then of course, because it's going to have to be a Gigabit Ethernet port due to 802.11n speeds, we have to take into consideration the mid-span PoE won't do the trick for these "super APs."

I'd love to hear some feedback on these facts. I can see drawbacks like higher deployment costs (double as many Ethernet runs and PoE-capable Ethernet ports).

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