#MIKROTIK POE SWITCH FULL#
We hope this guide has been useful, but if you have any further questions on enabling full power budget on USW-FLEX switches, please call our team of experts on 01449 724255or email further help and support. The USW-FLEX will now allow for a 46W total power output rather than the 8W when using the default settings.Īt this point, you can switch back to the new user interface without affecting the setting changes. Official Mikrotik RouterOS and RouterBOARD Distributor for Australia. Once confirmed, you will then need to press Save in order to apply this change. Your one stop shop for hotspot and mikrotik routerboard wireless indoor and outdoor long range wifi equipment.
You will then be presented with a “Change Power Source?” pop up box which will ask you to “confirm that you used valid 50V/60W or PoE adapter with a higher power rating”. In the device settings, go to the Config tab and select the PoE Injector option under Power Source. Once the UniFi controller is displaying the old user interface, navigate to the Devices tab and click on the USW-FLEX to bring up the device settings on the right hand side.
#MIKROTIK POE SWITCH HOW TO#
Please refer to our Swapping Between New & Old User Interface On UniFi Controller blog post for instructions on how to swap between old and new if you are unsure on how to do this. Specify POE Injector power source in UniFi Controller:Īt the time of writing, the first thing you will need to do is to set the UniFi controller to display the old user interface as the option to enable this option is currently absent from the new interface and so cannot be selected. You can find a step by step set of instructions on how to go about telling the controller that this switch is powered by an injector below. If this is not specified, then you will find that it will default to the 8W power output that an 802.3af power source offers. However, in order to get the full 46W budget when powered by a POE-50-60W injector, you need to specify that the device is being powered in this way within the Ubiquiti Network Controller.
These total power output breakdowns are as follows: The USW-Flex switch from Ubiquiti has the capacity to provide a total PoE power budget of 46W but this will vary depending on how you power the device. This guide applies to the Ubiquiti’s USW-Flex only, this does not apply to other products in the range ( USW-Flex-Mini and USW-Flex-XG).
How To Enable Full Power Budget On USW-FLEX Switch When Using PoE-50-60W Injector