I am just now running into this power conundrum using a Cisco switch. This is a big deal, we need remote reboots via PoE switches. Not a want, but a need. Does anyone know how to achieve this?
I know for the C5x we use the ubiquiti Poe to 24V PoE “stepdown” converters and we can power cycle remotely, but since this is listed as 48V may not work.
We have been very disappointed with this limitation. I was expecting a PoE+ powered device with a 2.5 Gbps ethernet port to hit the full gigabit speeds through the air. I know it is not as easy as snapping your fingers and making it happen, but this seems like a reboot of the C5x series with an updated cpu and add an ax card (still a big deal to have ax). If the price needs to go up to add PoE+ and 2.5 Gbps ethernet, than so be it. Just my opinion here - but I feel that should be standard now.
I know you guys at Mimosa work your tails off and we 1000% appreciate any new product in the current climate we are in. If we could just add PoE or PoE+ support that would make things easier on everyone involved.
Someone else asked this recently also. Mimosa has finally put the B5x in the list of items in Support. It is Passive PoE. I’ve seen Active to Passive PoE adapters. This would allow you to use the PoE in the switch to power the B5x. However, I’ve never used one of these adapters, so I have no recommendations beyond that I’ve seen they exist.
I’ll agree. I would expect newer items to use Active PoE.
