FortiAP
FortiAP devices are thin wireless access points (AP) supporting the latest Wi-Fi technologies (multi-user MIMO 802.11ac Wave 1 and Wave 2, 4x4), as well as 802.11n, 802.11AX , and the demand for plug and play deployment.
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Description

This article describes steps to configure static POE power management and POE debugging on the FortiAP.

Scope

KB Article Type - Design

Related Products - FortiAP and FortiAP-W2

Related Software Versions – FortiAP version 7.4 and later.

Keywords-  POE FAP.

Helpful Links:

FAP CLI config and Commands: FortiAP CLI configuration and diagnostics commands.

Solution

This document describes the steps to configure static POE power management on the FortiAP.

 

If the POE switch is capable of providing full power to the FAP but FortiAP getting low power, it should be necessary to configure the POE mode statically as below.

 

POE_MODE (Power over Ethernet mode) works on the FortiAP with the below sequence:

 

[0(Auto detect), 1(802.3af), 2(802.3at), 3(Power adapter only), 4(Controlled by AC), 5(full), 6(high), 7(low)]. default=0

 

It can be possible to statically configure the POE mode on the FortiAP manually by the below command:

 

cfg -a POE_MODE=2
cfg –c

 

And verify the same using the below command:

 

cfg –s

 

POE debug commands on the FortiAP:

 

cw_diag power

cw_diag debug poe 5
cw_debug on

 

After collecting the logs, turn off the debug as below.

 

cw_debug off

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