In my Router 10 (1.4k): L1 was connected to PoE-in port of EdgeRouter X. L2 was connected to Port 1 of AP6W (2.2s). In the beginning, L1 and L2 were both with Power (PoE) off. After setting up L1 with Power (PoE) on and keeping L2 Power (PoE) off, EdgeRouter X didn’t become power-on but AP6W b…

I might see if I can duplicate that behavior on my own Route10, but I believe the EdgeRouter X only support 24v Passive PoE as an input. [image] Quick edit: Had a minute and I can at least confirm that on my Route10 setting PoE to off on L2 doesn’t seem to work as expected. [image]

It may have gotten out of sync. Check this: [image] POE light cycling on no POE device - S24-POE switch Switches Port 1 on my S24-POE switch keeps cycling the POE LED on and off at random intervals. The device plugged into port 1 is a non POE device, in fact …

Thanks @ebuckland81 ! That did basically work. Here were the steps in case someone from Alta wants to try and duplicate this issue: I set L2 from “Default” to 'PoE Off", saved the change, plugged the AP into that port, and it powered on despite PoE being set to Off. Switching L2 to “PoE On”, saving…

Thanks for the reports! Please excuse my brevity, writing from mobile while lying in a hospital bed. I can confirm we are aware of this through another recent report. Unsure timeline of fix at time of writing.

Thank you for your hard work. Wish you good health. I think your health is of great importance to Alta Labs. Till now, I’m satisfied with your products.

Sorry, I maybe overshared a bit. I’m usually a lot more wordy, so I just wanted to explain why I kept this one brief.. I have a hospital bed at home, it was my former daughter’s, I’m not currently in a health care facility. Thank you, I am healing from a recent injury, so lots of rest with elevation…

Thanks for the update and I hope you’re feeling better and back on your feet soon, Mike!

Power (PoE) Problem

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ebuckland81 November 5, 2025, 5:07am 3

It may have gotten out of sync. Check this: