Information Technology Services

Merten Hall 1st Floor Wireless Issues

Outage category: Wireless Network

Location: Merten Hall 1st Floor

Status: Closed

Resolved Alert:

Initial Symptoms

Calls from Support Center were received that there was an issue with wireless in Merten Hall.

Root Cause Analysis

Cause

Switch blade giving out less power (POE) than needed for the AP’s

Resolution

Changed the POE setting from Auto to Static then back to Auto.

Prevention

This is NOT a normal behavior as the switch port should be able to auto-negotiate the power needed by the AP’s. We will continued to monitor the issues in case it happens again then we will work with our vendor to possibly replace hardware