Another surprise bonus: I had ordered a TP-Link TL-SG1005P POE switch for this project. Unmanaged, and max 15W/port.

But.. what actually arrived here was the latest version, still called a TL-SG1005P, but it now supports POE+ (802.3at) at 30W/port. So there should be plenty of juice to power the AP at the end of the >200m run now.

And.. Amazon Warehouse (aka. "the returns department") had the fully managed version of the same switch, TL-SG105PE for CAD$58. So that item is arriving here tomorrow. It will give the ability to automatically and/or remotely cycle power to the APs should one of them "act up" in the field.

The APs and the managed switch are both supported by the TP-Link Omada Controller stuff for somewhat simpler deployment and management of everything. My "client" doesn't have a 24/7 PC to run the (free) software though, so he's splurging an extra CAD$100 for the OC200 dedicated controller that runs the same software.

The controller and APs all claim to support smart hand-offs between APs for clients that understand the process, so it should all end up fairly seamless to anyone wandering about on the 3.5 acre site.

More information: this is actually a small business, with 13 holiday cottages on the property, about 200m from Stanhope Beach in PEI. The site is long and somewhat narrow, thus the >200m ethernet run.