NWA50AX as repeater, power only over PoE?

musicplace · April 27

Hi,

I have 2 NWA50AX in simple "Root" and "Repeater" mode. The root is normal PoE, both data and power.

In testing, I could not get the 2nd unit to work as repeater until I removed the PoE/data cable and used the adapter for power. This makes sense if the WiFi connection and the ethernet connection were conflicting somehow.

But in production, I'd rather not have to power the Repeater unit with the power adapter.

What is the best way to use Ethernet cable to get power to the Repeater unit without causing the 2 data paths conflict between wifi and ethernet? Is there a NWA50AX setting? I think my only other option is is using the switch security to mark the port "unauthorized" to kill traffic (or perhaps a layer 2 filter, etc)?

Thanks in advance!

Zyxel_Melen · 4:02AM

Hi @musicplace,

Once the NWA50AX changes to repeater mode, the Ethernet link status will be down, and the PoE will be on. Therefore, you will get power from the Ethernet cable, but no data traffic will pass through it.

musicplace · 9:15PM

Thanks for your info Zyxel_Melen!

So, you're saying that it should work just fine to plug in a standard PoE network cable if the NWA50AX is configured in Repeater mode - and it will simply ignore the incoming Ethernet data?

That's not what happened in my testing - at least, I could not get the Repeater to function unless I disconnected the data cable and plugged in the AC power adapter. Then the device worked great as a Repeater. Is there another configuration option I should check that might cause this behavior?

PeterUK · 9:28PM

So what the problem with just powering the AP Repeater with PoE and don't connect it to the network?

musicplace · 9:33PM

I guess that's just ignorance on my part… I don't know how to power it with PoE without connecting it to the network?

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