摘要 |
A system and method for authenticating a powered device attached to a power sourcing equipment for power provisioning such as power over Ethernet (PoE) enabled device communicating with a PoE enabled switch. Powered devices such as computing devices, security cameras, VoIP phones, wireless access points, or the like, can be detected by a PoE switch upon connection. Power applied to the powered device is restricted until information received from the powered device is authenticated. |