ms-24p poe issue

[Felix_Mugambi]

hello guys,

i have a ms-24p switch,with the p at the end of the part number i presume it is a poe switch. But the switch does not power up any poe device.,what could be the issue with this?

Thanks.

Felix.

[BrechtSchamp]

Is PoE enabled in the switch settings:

What kind of service are you trying to power? What standard of PoE does it say in its specs?

[Felix_Mugambi]

yes it is. unifi access point.,,,normally the same ap is powered by WS-C2960+24PC-S  which is poe not poe+,so why would the meraki ms120-24p not power it up?

[jdsilva]

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@Felix_Mugambi wrote:

yes it is. unifi access point.,,,normally the same ap is powered by WS-C2960+24PC-S  which is poe not poe+,so why would the meraki ms120-24p not power it up?

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Ubiquiti AP's require a 24v passive PoE. Meraki switches provide 802.3af/at based PoE. These two types of PoE are not compatible with each other. You need a PoE converter to power the Ubiquiti AP off a Meraki switch. 

https://dl.ubnt.com/datasheets/unifi/UniFi_AP_DS.pdf

[Felix_Mugambi]

[Felix_Mugambi]

guys kindly help me out here

[BrechtSchamp]

What model of AP exactly? I see some Unifi models only support passive PoE which is not a standard. That could explain why it's not working.

[kYutobi]

@Felix_Mugambi also found this thread. Hope it helps. @BrechtSchamp might have a point.

https://community.meraki.com/t5/Switching/POE-issues-with-MS220-8P-and-Ubiquity-UAP-AC-LITE/td-p/974...

[BlakeRichardson]

@Felix_Mugambi  have you tried plugging the AP directly into the switch rather than structured cabling?

What model of AP are you using?

[cmr]

Older AC Lite modes were passive PoE, current ones are normal af.