Can i use a MR56 with a 1Gig port.

[Ayush_Oberoi]

i have MS-130-24X in my system i am already using 6 MR56 access point on this switch, since i require 3 more AP's, is it viable to use them on a 1Gig port without much of limitations. 

Appreciate your help on this.

Regards 

[RWelch]

Yes, the MR56 supports auto-negotiation across 100 Mbps, 1 Gbps, 2.5 Gbps, and up to 5 Gbps and supports 802.3at PoE.

[Ayush_Oberoi]

So in that case I don't have to invest in other switch if in future i have to get 4 more Ap's i can still use them without any hassle.

[RWelch]

Correct - it will work with 1Gig as you are inquiring about but the MR56 is capable of handling higher performance/throughput if you were to use a switch (port) with MGig capacity.

[Ayush_Oberoi]

We have MS130-24X as of now which only have 6 mgig ports

[RWelch · Accepted solution]

If you have exhausted all six 2.5G PoE ports then you can still use the 18 1G ports up to the 370W PoE budget.  Instead of it being on a 2.5G PoE port it would be limited to the 1G port capacity.

[Ayush_Oberoi]

Great, thanks for the quick help @RWelch. 

Appreciate it.

[cmr]

In fact it would be very unusual for the MR56 to use more than 1Gb/s of a 2.5Gb port, if you monitor the switch port you should see that the traffic is pretty much always below 1Gb/s.

[KarstenI]

He would need 80 MHz channels on the Dual-5 to break the 1 Gig-barrier. I would be highly relaxed with 1Gig, but monitor it.