MS220-8P - donated - full reset

[NickHvy]

Hi. We're a charity and were recently donated a MS220-8P as we have a need for a small PoE switch. It appears that this switch is still "registered" to the previous owner. In addition, we can't afford a full cloud management licence and just want to use it as a "dumb" PoE switch (yes I know it's overkill but beggars can't be choosers :-)). How can we do a full reset and manage it locally? Pushing the restore button for 10-15 seconds still won't allow us to connect via the 1.1.1.100 IP address. I'm not a network engineer - far from it - but any help would be awesome! Thanks so much in advance!

NH

[alemabrahao]

You have to contact the previous owner and ask them to remove It for you from the current organization.

[redsector]

Yes, as just told I am afraid but without releasing the switch from the old owners dashboard you are not able to use it. Can´t you buy an cheap switch in the shop? It´s less expensive than a licence for an Meraki switch.

[NickHvy]

Thanks for the very fast feedback. I've contacted the previous owner and asked him to remove it from his organisation. I'll see if that helps and report back. Thanks again!

[DarrenOC]

Hi @NickHvy , where are you based?  If UK I have a PoE switch you can have.

[NickHvy]

Hi @DarrenOC. Yep we’re in the UK. Redcar in the north-east to be precise. Your offer sounds awesome!

[DarrenOC]

Hi @NickHvy , please email me at doconnor@resalire.co.uk with the charity details and address and I’ll sort this out.

[PhilipDAth]

Also note you can't use is as a dumb switch - you must buy a licence for it to work.

Charity pricing is available.

[BlakeRichardson]

Nice work @DarrenOC it's great to see equipment being re-used.