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rfcat_vk's avatar
rfcat_vk
Aspirant
Jan 17, 2016

JGS516PE not powerful enough for a 13w AP

I bought the JGS516PE in the hope of using it to power my AP which according to specifications uses 13 watts. The AP using the JGS516PE provides sufficient power to the AP so that the 2.4ghz band works at full power, but the 5ghz band works at very limited power. I can only connect at 24mb/s using the 516, whereas using the native PoE injector I can get over 500mb/s. I treid this a number of times.

 

There is nothing in the 516 specification that says what PoE specification it meets if any, just it can supply 15.4w. I suspect, but can't prove due to no test facilities the the 516 only uses 1 pair and does not meet the PoE specification for 1gb/s connections.

This is very disapointing because I replaced my 716 with this and worse is that work is about to provide me with an Aruba AP that is PoE capable.

I also note the VLAN functionality is very limited compared to a 716 or maybe the 516 has smarts that allow it to use jumbo packets without configuring them.

 

Ian M

3 Replies

  • DaneA's avatar
    DaneA
    NETGEAR Employee Retired

    Hello rfcat_vk,

     

    Kindly answer the questions below:

     

    a. What is the brand name and model name of the AP connected to the JGS516PE?

    b. What is the current firmware version of the JGS516PE?

    c. Did you try to perform a factory reset on the JGS516PE then reconfigure it from scratch and check if same problem occurs?

     

    I look forward to your response. 

     

     

    Regards,

     

    DaneA

    NETGEAR Community Team

    • rfcat_vk's avatar
      rfcat_vk
      Aspirant

      I will reply again to this request.

       

      The AP is a Sophos AP55c.

      The current firmware is 2.0.1.26 which from memory is the latest on the Netgear site for this version of the JGS516PE.

      I have not tried the complete reset to factory defaults and start a new configuration. I will do that shortly when my wife finishes her current internet session.

       

      Ian M

       

       

    • rfcat_vk's avatar
      rfcat_vk
      Aspirant

      I have answered these question in two different postings, but none of my answers appear here?

       

       

      Ian M

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