When the board is not PoE compatible, it could be doable to try and do a "faux PoE" by just supplying power more than a handful of wires not necessary. If you use a full cat5e cable, you have to be capable of run the lower speed of 100Mbps (most likely a great deal greater than adequate) over 4 wires, leaving two pairs for electrical power/ground.H

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