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The original was posted on /r/ubiquiti by /u/hecandoshecando on 2024-01-23 23:35:27+00:00.
After deliberating for a while I decided on a Ubiquiti setup for my new home and purchased a Unifi Express, Unifi U6 Mesh, and a Lite 8 POE switch. I set everything up and everything worked flawlessly for about 15 minutes until I attempted plugging in another Cat6 cable into one of the POE ports on the Lite 8 switch and it immediately died. I can no longer get it to even power on despite holding down the reset button several times.
I had my RMA request approved but for some reason they expect me to pay out of pocket to ship the switch back to them, Meanwhile half of my brand new Ubiquiti network is unusable :(
I'm debating just asking for a refund for the switch and purchasing a 3rd party POE switch elsewhere but will that be compatible with the rest of the Ubiquiti setup? I'm not trying to do anything fancy, I just want to be able to power the U6 Mesh and maybe later some other devices with POE. Would this Netgear Unmanaged switch work for me?