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ChristianB
Jan 26, 2018Aspirant
PoE setup on M4300-28G-PoE+
Hi all! We experience an issue with a brand-new M4300 series PoE+ switch. There is no power available on the ports. System > PoE > Basic > PoE Configuration Power Status sais OFF, and it is ...
- Feb 22, 2018
the replacement has arrived. I've installed the system, and it works perfectly.
Thanks for the assistance!
ChristianB
schumaku
Jan 26, 2018Guru - Experienced User
wrote:There is no power available on the ports.
...Or does it switch to ON automatically when a PoE device is detected?
How do you know there is no power available? Plug one and you will see...
Standards compliant PoE power is not always "on" on PoE ports - on plugging, there is a handshake between the PO and the PD.
- ChristianBJan 27, 2018Aspirant
The connedted devices don't power up. Nothing happens. (The devices itself power up and work when they are connected to a different PoE switch.) I am aware about the handshake for PoE, and that it is only provided when the device needs it.
System > PoE > Basic > PoE Configuration > Power Status ON/OFF
Should this parameter automatically switch to ON when PoE demands are detected? Because it doesn't. It is always OFF. That's why I was wondering if there is a general configuration menu to enable or disable PoE systemwide.
- DaneAFeb 01, 2018NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi ChristianB,
Welcome to the community! :)
Let us isolate the problem. Kindly answer the questions below:
a. What is the current firmware version of the M4300-28G-PoE+ switch?
b. Kindly try this. On the web-GUI, go to System > PoE > Basic > PoE Configuration. Select the Unit 1 box and click on Apply. Did the Status changed to "ON"? Kindly post a screenshot of what you see.
c. Have you tried to factory reset the M4300-28G-PoE+ switch? If not yet, kindly try it and see if it helps. Kindly read pages 653-654 of the M4300-28G-PoE+ switch user manual here on How to Reset the Switch to Its Factory Default Settings.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
- ChristianBFeb 01, 2018Aspirant
Hi DaneA,
thanks for jumping in. It will take 10 days until I have access to the device. But I will definitely do this when I'm back.
Cheers,
ChristianB
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