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Anyone Successfully Using Mixed Wireless and Wired Backhaul?
Hi,
I've been using an AC3000 system (w/ 2 satellites) for about 1.5 years, been through some ugly times with constant disconnects but the platform really seems to have improved over the last y...
It's been 4 days now and all is still good.
To summarize (based on my observations):
- I added an AV rack, rack switch and wired backhaul to my basement, previously was on wireless with everything working fine
- Day after this new setup, entire network went down
- Two seperate issues were discovered:
- Four Sonos components were hard wired to the switch, the components don't automatically disable their wifi connection and apparently introduced a network loop
- My Sony Android TV when connected over ethernet tends to cause a type of network storm over UDP because of a bug in the Chromecast feature. This was corrected for the wifi adapter but not the ethernet adapter.
I'll report back if any issues come up but as of now, the Orbi seems to be more of a victim of these issues than a cause of the network failure.
scttq wrote:
........, the second day, my network went bonkers. The wired satalliite wasn't recognized and I was getting crazy lag and disconnects on the rest of my network. ........
What other wired devices do you have in your network? The disturbance can -as well- come from other wired devices in the network.
Wired devices:
- Windows 10 PC
- Synology NAS
- Obi200
- TV running android
- Xbox
- Hue hub
- Sonos Boost
- some Sonos components
- Denon receiver
The Obi200 was a recent add, I do have it connected again now and everything seems good. I am holding off on trying the wired backhaul again until this weekend.
scttq wrote:
Wired devices:
- .....
- Sonos Boost
- some Sonos components
- .....
The Obi200 was a recent add, I do have it connected again now and everything seems good. I am holding off on trying the wired backhaul again until this weekend.
I had similar issues as what you described. The issue is -likely- caused by your wired Sonos.
You should not have more than one wired Sonos to Orbi. When you have one Wired Sonos you will start the Sonosnet wifi network and not the Orbi wifi. Wiring another device to Orbi will cause you loops in the wifi network and will cause all types of issues.
Please keep only the Sonos Boost or Connect but disconnect all other speakers.
Let us know how it goes. If the Switch was a recent add and everything had been working before then, kind of points to the the switch. Do some test with out this this weekend and see.
scttq wrote:
Wired devices:
- Windows 10 PC
- Synology NAS
- Obi200
- TV running android
- Xbox
- Hue hub
- Sonos Boost
- some Sonos components
- Denon receiver
The Obi200 was a recent add, I do have it connected again now and everything seems good. I am holding off on trying the wired backhaul again until this weekend.
Wow, some great input, thank you FURRYe38 & ekhalil!
I will disable DS, notwork map shows its not being used anyways.
And for the Sonos, that is looking super suspicious, I'm seeing something very similar described in this thread - https://en.community.sonos.com/advanced-setups-229000/network-loop-and-broadcast-storms-with-sonos-6736957
Sonos now provides the ability to disable wifi in the room settings, I'm going to try disabling the wifi on all the hardwired Sonos components except for the Boost.
Thank you for the guidance!
