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discoveranother
Jul 08, 2021Aspirant
Disable POE on Switch
Hello, We have some wireless access points that connect to the POE switch. Sometimes they drop connection. The wireless manufacturer has stated it would be better to disable POE on the switch por...
- Aug 24, 2021
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schumaku
Jul 08, 2021Guru - Experienced User
discoveranother wrote:
We have some wireless access points that connect to the POE switch. Sometimes they drop connection.
Curious:
The Ethernet link is dropped? If yes, this should be easy to see on the switch (hint: logs ....) and the switch. In general, an Ethernet link is rock solid - except if the L0 (wiring) isn't reliable and standards compliant.
Please share make and firmware of the wireless AP making issues FMI.
discoveranother
Jul 09, 2021Aspirant
Sorry, I didnt fully explain.
Good to know how to disable POE.
The POE ports connected to the wireless devices does not need disabling, it's the POE ports connected to the Internet filtering UTM device. The manufacturer said to disable POE on this port on the Netgear switch.
Thank you
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