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AP not recognizing PoE
I have recently upgraded my home network, I am trying to use a PoE switch (GS108PEv3) to power an AP (WAC510). All purchased new last week. The AP will not power on when I connect to the swtich. The ...
I purchased a second WAC510 to test out the issue, everything worked as expected with the new one. It appears the PoE port was bad on the original device. Thank you all for the suggestions.
backwoodnet wrote:I have tried all of the PoE ports (1 through 4), and am using the PoE port on the AP (yellow ports).
As RaghuHR mentioned, the WAC510 has two ports: One labelled WAN (yellow), one labelled LAN. The yellow WAN port is in use for PoE AP configuration. That's the other key!
Is the network cable a standard, four pair/eight strand one with the colours in the same sequence on both ends?
I purchased a second WAC510 to test out the issue, everything worked as expected with the new one. It appears the PoE port was bad on the original device. Thank you all for the suggestions.
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