u/CalmCrescendo

Hello,

I am looking to purchase an R850 as a private sale. The seller states that this is brand new in box, and it DOES appear to be (The serial number checks out on the Ruckus page). I want to walk through what I did as testing before I walked away because I was not able to reach the management page. The product code was a 901 and not a 9U1, so at least at factory it is NOT an unleashed firmware (although I will eventually convert to unleashed)

• I used a PoE+ switch port (my mistake, I thought this would be sufficient)
• The switch I took for testing was a basic PoE+ switch.
• I powered the 850, it came up, and it with a Connect.me wlan
• It asked for a security key which was the serial number, and it worked
• I connected to it successfully from my laptop, but never got an IP, and thus was never able to browse to either 192.168.0.1 or to unleashed.ruckuswireless.com
• when I tried to use the app, my phone was never able to connect to the connect.me network

My basic troubleshooting has led me to this:

• Since I was on lower power, the 1Gig port never activated
• However, I was under the impression that Mode 0 should have been enabled, as the switch port was supplying max 30W per switch port
• This test network was just the Layer 2 poe+ switch (802.3at), my laptop and the R850 (I don't know what mode)
• There was no dhcp server to hand out IP Addresses
• As a result of this, IP addresses were never assigned, and there could be no browsing to the management address?
• However, I was under the impression that on this isolated network, 192.168.0.1/24 is be default assigned to the r850, and that if I set my wireless lan adapter to the same subnet, I should be able to connect.

I should have posted this before I went to meet the seller, but such is life. I walked away thinking there was something wrong with the unit.

I do want this, but my PoE switch at home does not support this kind of power draw. I intend to get the Ruckus power injector.

My questions:

• Is my analysis above correct? or should I have been able to browse to a web site.
• If I just get the power injector and no dhcp server, will I be able to browse to 192.168.0.1 at least? or will I need a dhcp server for even that first step?
• Is the R850 on unleashed or controller based or stand alone mode?
• Should I lug a router / dhcp server next time I go to test during a sale?

Thank you for going through this and any recommendations are helpful