One new access point never powers up. Other access points on the same switch are up, and the switch reports that its power budget is exhausted. What is the limit?
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Short Explanation
The switch has already spent its power on the access points that are up. Your new one is waiting for electricity the switch does not have left. Free some budget or move it to a switch that has some, because a VLAN is not a power supply.
Full Explanation
A PoE switch can only deliver the budget it has. When that budget is exhausted, a new access point does not power up even though the access points already drawing power stay up. The limit is the switch power budget. The country code decides whether a radio may transmit after it has booted. It does not keep an access point from receiving power, and an exhausted budget is not a regulatory state. A guest VLAN is an address domain, not a power budget. The beacon interval is not what exhausts the switch. Beacons are sent by radios that already have power. The switch power budget is exhausted. This access point never powers up, while other access points on the same switch already have power. Check one live client after the change and leave the rest of the floor alone until that client matches the result you expected. Read the live counters after you retest. Exam caveat: a budget that looks large enough can still refuse an access point whose requested class is more than the remainder. Read the requested class and the remaining budget together. Operational check: free power by moving a device or adding budget, and confirm this access point powers up and joins.