https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/some-mr46-aps-only-power-with-25-5w-on-the-port/m-p/5467189#M291362 <P>Hi everyone!</P><P>We have an organisation with round about 3000 APs since 2021.</P><P>Since the beginning I saw a few of the MR46 powering with only 25.5W on the port, even though the remaining watts on the switch are more than enough. As always, a reboot helps most of the time. </P><P>Does anybody have an explanation for that? Why does that happen at all?</P><P>Thanks in advance! </P><P>Have a great day. </P> Fri, 19 Apr 2024 06:32:14 GMT KB31 2024-04-19T06:32:14Z https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/some-mr46-aps-only-power-with-25-5w-on-the-port/m-p/5467189#M291362 <P>Hi everyone!</P><P>We have an organisation with round about 3000 APs since 2021.</P><P>Since the beginning I saw a few of the MR46 powering with only 25.5W on the port, even though the remaining watts on the switch are more than enough. As always, a reboot helps most of the time. </P><P>Does anybody have an explanation for that? Why does that happen at all?</P><P>Thanks in advance! </P><P>Have a great day. </P> Fri, 19 Apr 2024 06:32:14 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/some-mr46-aps-only-power-with-25-5w-on-the-port/m-p/5467189#M291362 KB31 2024-04-19T06:32:14Z https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/some-mr46-aps-only-power-with-25-5w-on-the-port/m-p/5467190#M291363 <P>How many ap's you have on the switch and how many poe budget has that switch?</P><P>At boot most ap take max poe to boot. It could be that if they all request the poe+ at the same time the switch cant deliver that power.</P><P>Mr 46 spec sheet says: <SPAN>(802.3at </SPAN><STRONG>required</STRONG><SPAN>)</SPAN></P> Fri, 19 Apr 2024 06:50:15 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/some-mr46-aps-only-power-with-25-5w-on-the-port/m-p/5467190#M291363 ww^ 2024-04-19T06:50:15Z https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/some-mr46-aps-only-power-with-25-5w-on-the-port/m-p/5467191#M291364 <P>An MR46 shouldn't need anywhere near 30W in normal operation, the second one down here is an MR46E as seen from the Switch/Ports view:</P><P><SPAN class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="cmr_1-1713518268727.png" style="width: 400px;"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="image.png"><img src="https://community.cisco.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/273611i63472AACEDF4B8BC/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="image.png" alt="image.png" /></span></SPAN></P><P>Incidentally the 3rd is a CW9166i, showing again that not nearly peak power is used.</P><P>What do you see on this view, or are you not using Meraki switches?</P> Fri, 19 Apr 2024 09:18:38 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/some-mr46-aps-only-power-with-25-5w-on-the-port/m-p/5467191#M291364 CMR 2024-04-19T09:18:38Z