Help with POE on EdgeRouter

[Bech]

Hallo

 

I have some trouble getting POE to work with my new network setup.

 

Equipment:

Ubiquiti Edge Router POE

2 x Cisco WAP371-E-K9 Access Point

 

I can not find anything in the setup or manual of the Cisco AP that something need to be setup to support POE.

in my router I setup POE 24v for eathernet port 3 where my AP is connected to, but nothing happens with my AP.

 

Anybody have an idea of what is wrong?

 

[InVis]

Does the cisco ap work with a poe injector (for testing)?

[Bech]

Unfortunately I do not have a poe injector I can for testing

 

I found this thread on the ubiquiti community:

https://community.ubnt.com/t5/EdgeMAX/802-3at-af-compliance-for-EdgeRouter-PoE/td-p/1091185

Im not sure what the POE function in the router can be used for. maby it will work with there own AP. 

 

So im not sure it will ever work, I am considering buying a POW switch.

[InVis]

Unfortunately I do not have a poe injector I can for testing

 

I found this thread on the ubiquiti community:

https://community.ubnt.com/t5/EdgeMAX/802-3at-af-compliance-for-EdgeRouter-PoE/td-p/1091185

Im not sure what the POE function in the router can be used for. maby it will work with there own AP. 

 

So im not sure it will ever work, I am considering buying a POW switch.

 

As it says, its only passive PoE, 802.3af mode B, meaning that you cannot use the router with your AP, as it is 802.3af mode A.

You will need to get a PoE injector (remember to turn PoE off on the router before you plug in the injector) or a 802.3af mode A compliant PoE switch

[tt2468]

The EdgeRouter PoE is just passive PoE, not 802.3at/af, so it will only work with passive PoE devices. They do sell adapters though: https://www.ubnt.com/accessories/instant-8023af-adapters/

[Bech]

Ok when looking at the spec sheat for the router it is not easy to see.

 

I think i will buy this one: http://www.linksys.com/us/p/P-LGS116P/

[brwainer]

Another issue happening here is that 802.3af/at is normally in the 48-60V range (depnding on the measured length and power loss of the ethernet cable) and the EdgeRouter only appears to do 24V