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Styks
Oct 22, 2023Aspirant
WAX610 not staying connected
I have an Orbi Pro router connected to a Netgear GS108LP unmanaged PoE switch connected to a WAX610 WAP. The WAP regularly loses connection. It will go on and offline randomly and often won’t even ...
Styks
Oct 22, 2023Aspirant
Could it be that the WAX610 can’t be supported by an unmanaged switch?
schumaku
Oct 22, 2023Guru - Experienced User
No problem, certainly as long as you work on one network ( a single VLAN, untagged ...), no higher switch support is required.
A single 802.3af PoE supply is sufficient for the WAX610, as it does not exceed the 15.4W available - permitting the total PoE load does not exceed the total of 60W available on the GS108LP. Aside of the 44.6W remain available.
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