Ubiquiti Unifi AP with this cheap router (Dlink DIR-605L)?

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I'm a total noob when it comes to networking so I was wondering if the Unifi AP would work well with this cheap router:

http://www.dlink.co.in/products/?pid=DIR-605L

I know it requires Power over ethernet. Can someone tell me if this'll work?

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It will work with any router. The access point will come with a PoE injector so you don't need a PoE switch or anything like that.

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They don't come with any Cat5e/Cat6 cables though, and you need two with the PoE injector. Still, for the price they're easily the best AP you can get. I have a UAP-PRO at home and we deploy them all the time at work.

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I have a CAT 5 cable with only 2 pair of wires. Will this work for POE? I read somewhere that all 4 pairs are needed for POE to work. Is this true?

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I'm pretty sure you need four pairs for PoE. 100mbps PoE uses two pairs for data and two pairs for power and 1000mbps uses all four pairs anyway.

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Thanks. I guess I'll have to get a 4 pair CAT5 cable. The cheap one I have has only 2 twisted pairs. Weird. I thought this was supposed to be standardized.

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It's standard on CAT5e and up.