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Orbi in AP mode with wired backhaul showing weird behavior
I recently set up an Orbi RBK53 system in AP mode (I don't need the orbi's router capabilities, as I'm using pfsense). The main orbi router is connected into a gigabit switch and one of the satellit...
I wasn't aware of problems with green and managed switches but now that I do some more digging with specific search terms yeah it seems like lots of people have been having the same problem.
I just switched to a zyxel gs1900-24 managed switch and am tinkering with the igmp snoopings settings but it hasn't made any difference.
Still good to know. Having the satellite wired directly into the router ethernet port is doable for now. I've followed up on my support case to see if they can tell us what protocol(s?) are used for the router/switch discovery and syncing.
Yes, others have reported that disabling IGMP protocols on managed switches resolved problems with connected Orbi and Satellites. If this works then your managed switch will be fine to use. Just keep this in mind.
dopey1620 wrote:
I wasn't aware of problems with green and managed switches but now that I do some more digging with specific search terms yeah it seems like lots of people have been having the same problem.
I just switched to a zyxel gs1900-24 managed switch and am tinkering with the igmp snoopings settings but it hasn't made any difference.
Still good to know. Having the satellite wired directly into the router ethernet port is doable for now. I've followed up on my support case to see if they can tell us what protocol(s?) are used for the router/switch discovery and syncing.
To close the loop on this, interestingly enough 2.3.0.32 resolves the issue with the app showing the right status for the satellite when it and the hub are wired into a common switch (i'm still using the zyxel gs1900-24 managed switch and igmp snooping is currently set to disabled - default config for the zyxel).
If I'm connected to the wired satellite, it still doesn't resolve www.orbilogin.com properly. I still haven't had a time to hook up a hub to analyze the traffic to determine how that is detected though. But it's nice that basic functionality seems to be mostly working properly with 2.3.0.32 though.
Does 192.168.1.1 resolve if your connected thru the satellite?
dopey1620 wrote:
To close the loop on this, interestingly enough 2.3.0.32 resolves the issue with the app showing the right status for the satellite when it and the hub are wired into a common switch (i'm still using the zyxel gs1900-24 managed switch and igmp snooping is currently set to disabled - default config for the zyxel).
If I'm connected to the wired satellite, it still doesn't resolve www.orbilogin.com properly. I still haven't had a time to hook up a hub to analyze the traffic to determine how that is detected though. But it's nice that basic functionality seems to be mostly working properly with 2.3.0.32 though.
FURRYe38 wrote:
Does 192.168.1.1 resolve if your connected thru the satellite?
I'm not entirely sure what you're asking. I assume that by 192.168.1.1 you're referring to the hub IP? (I'm not using 192.168.1.1). Also, are you asking if www.orbilogin resolves to the ip address of the router? Or are you asking if the reverse dns resolution of the router IP works? If you're asking for the latter, that does not work and from what I can tell never has. I've never seen a netgear router respond to the reverse DNS resolution of the ip address of the router. Only for routerlogin.net/www.orbilogin.com.