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This is a long one.... I have 3 locations( totally separate, my home, my business, my weekend getaway) where I have installed TPLink Omada access points along with 0C200 controllers. Two of the three locations are having an identical problem and one location is working correctly. Here is the basic setup of the one location that works correctly… Internet comes in on fiber to supplied ISP wireless router. I do not use this wireless router and simply run a cat 6 from one of the router’s ports straight to a 16 port POE+ switch. From this switch I run to five TP Link EAP indoor and outdoor access points along with one OC200 hardware controller. All of the access points and controller are from the TP Link Omada system. That is the basic setup at the location that works perfect. Now to the problem I am having at the other locations …
These two locations are setup identical to the first location but they have a problem. The problem is how they are powered. My switch is nowhere close to reaching power limits overall or individual port limits. All cabling is Cat6. Now, for some reason plugging the access points directly to the POE switch some of the access points will not power up but some of them will. Through trial and error I have found a way of getting them to power up by inserting the supplied POE injector between the switch and the access point they will fire up and work normally. And when I say inserting the Poe injector i mean just the injector WITHOUT plugging the injector into power, What the heck? All of my OC200 controllers power up fine when plugged into POe switch. I am not understanding this at all. I want the access points to run directly off the Poe switch as they should. The hardware controller designed for these access points works perfectly fine straight off the Poe switch so why don't the access points? Why do I need the UNPOWERED poe injectors in line with the other access points to make them work? I want a clean and efficient install and don’t want the extra mess of injectors hanging all over the place on some access points and no injectors on others. Obviously these injectors shouldn’t be needed since the access points are running off the switch and the injectors aren’t even powered. The craziest part is that I have the EXACT same setup at the first location that works perfectly with no injectors. I am using the exact same Poe switches, Hardware controller, and access points. I thought maybe a bad POE switches but swapped out with known good switches and same problem. The length of any one cable doesn’t exceed 150’ but just to confirm that wasn’t the problem I put the entire system together with 10’ long cables and same problem. Also, all firmware to every device at every location has been updated to the latest. I know this is a long explanation to define such a small problem but it’s the only way I know how to get across what I am trying to say. I’m not educated on this stuff and only know what I have been forced to learn working on my own stuff. I just don’t understand.
