R710: "PoE+" injector still gets recognized as 802.3af power

[john_d]

For fun, I tried buying a PoE+ injector to unlock full transmit power on 2.4GHz on my R710. I found that even with an injector that's advertised to be PoE+, the power mode still says 802.3af, not 802.3at.

Looking at the support article KB-5005, it looks like it's implying that PoE+ negotiation requires a PoE+ switch that speaks LLDP. Is this true? Is there any way to get the AP into PoE+ mode via an injector?

https://support.ruckuswireless.com/answers/000005005

[brian_hoyt_6612]

Was there ever an answer to this? I too have a handful of R710 and would like to get injectors rather than whole new switch if possible.

[john_d]

In 9.13 ZD and I presume the corresponding SZ release, there's now a controller-wide POE mode option under the AP config that allows you to specify at, which forces PoE+ (suitable for injectors).


Works well for me on R710 / ZD 9.13 GA


Quite honestly though, in retrospect this wasn't worth all the effort / fretting anyway. I honestly don't notice much of a range or performance difference on the 2.4 radio. IMO this AP seems just as performant in AT or AF mode.

[brian_hoyt_6612]

Using 9.13 and a Netgear switch forcing it worked, but you are probably right, big deal?

[john_d]

It seems like also, 9.13 switched the behavior of af fallback from reducing 2.4GHz tx power to reducing to 4x2 MIMO, which seems like it would have even *less* of an impact on observable performance.

The only devices I have capable of 3ss on 2.4GHz are always on 5GHz anyway.

[richard_6787364]

I'm surprised the answer isn't mentioned here, and I couldn't find it on the link above at Ruckus Wireless support, although that helped point me in the right direction. 

You shouldn't need to use a POE+ switch with LLDP if you have a POE+ (802.3at) compatible power injector.  You need to connect to the R710 access point's CLI (command line interface) via SSH (putty.exe on TCP port 22) and type the following:

rkscli: set power-mode at

Then type:

rkscli: get power-mode

and it should show:

PoE Configured Mode      : AT
Power Consumption Status : 802.3at PoE+
OK

Hope this helps!