I suddenly have need of extending an outdoor Cat5e link to about 200m from the switch. As ethernet is only rated for up to 100m per link (primarily a timing issue), doing this will require some kind of active repeater at mid-link.

There is no power within a hundred feet of the mid-link point, so this leads one to look for some kind of PoE solution. Sure enough, there do exist PoE repeaters, and even some that claim to be suitable for outdoors. But I am also open to non-outdoor rated gear, as building a simple enclosure isn't terribly difficult either.

The question: is there a way to extend this link and have ordinary non-PoE gear at the far end??

With a PoE repeater at mid-link, the problem I see is that it will also be passing the Power to the far end. And if the far end isn't a PoE device, won't this fry it?

Is there a way to strip the power from a PoE link? Kinda like a reverse PoE injector?

Thanks!