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klundy
Jun 12, 2017Aspirant
JGS524PE - ProSAFE Plus 24 ports switch with PoE
I just installed the JGS524PE with PoE. I plugged in two Nanostations M5 and neither one of them will power up on a PoE port. Is there a way to see the status of the PoE ports? I find no mention o...
- Jun 12, 2017
HI Klundy!
Welcome to our Community!
Seems that the Nanostations M5 use Passive PoE instead of 802.3at or 802.3af PoE standards. In this case you can buy a converter from PoE to Passive PoE to be able to use the Nanostation M5 with standard PoE.
Another risk with passive PoE is that don't provide any sensing technology so you can't plug a non-PoE device on it or you will damage it .
Hope it helps
Xavier Lleixa
NETGEAR CBU PLM
XavierLL
Jun 12, 2017NETGEAR Employee Retired
HI Klundy!
Welcome to our Community!
Seems that the Nanostations M5 use Passive PoE instead of 802.3at or 802.3af PoE standards. In this case you can buy a converter from PoE to Passive PoE to be able to use the Nanostation M5 with standard PoE.
Another risk with passive PoE is that don't provide any sensing technology so you can't plug a non-PoE device on it or you will damage it .
Hope it helps
Xavier Lleixa
NETGEAR CBU PLM
klundy
Jun 12, 2017Aspirant
Thank you! Yes, this explanes why they don't power up.
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