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V2.1.3.4 Bridging
Starting a new thread specific to my issue. So I woke up this morning to V2.1.3.4 being installed. Not only was my wireless network down but so was my wired network. Started troublshooting and notice...
Something to narrow down, go direct with the Satellites to test with the router.
Even though using default settings, there maybe differences between these managed switches vs non manages switches that could be causing problems with newer FW. Seems to be a change in FW though.
Is the Orbi is running in router mode or AP mode?
Just connected one satellite directly to a 2nd LAN port on the router. By the time I got to the satellite it had a blue ring. Looked at router web UI and see that it still says it's backhauled to the router via 5G. Didn't reboot anything but ran a speed test via the now hard-wired sattelite and saw 700+mbits - Which means that the web UI must be out of date because I wouldn't see that speed from that satellite if it was backhaul'd via 5G. Going to do the same with the other wired satellite.
So this seems to indicate that something changed with the bridging where the satellites must be directly connected and not via the switch (since it will cause a storm). I do notice that spanning tree protocol is enabled on the router bridge (brctl show) but not on the satellite bridge. I'm not sure if that has something to do with it, but the fact that the firmware update introduced a loop into my network sure makes me think that's a good clue. Hope this helps.
Need to give time to the router or clear broswer caches and refresh for the back haul to appear correctly. I rebooted the router then cleared browser cache, exited the browser then reopened and logged into the routers web page.
Add the 2nd Satellite direct to the router then try daisy chain behind 1st Sat.
I'm wondering if there is a problem with your switches...Do you have an actual non managed switches you can try? Would need to help rule this down to your managed switches or something in FW.
I get what you mean about the cached UI but I've never seen any stale UI/web issues. I tried via an incognito window and same result. Next step is to reboot stuff but right now the family is watching streaming things so I'll bounce the Orbis tomorrow.
I have a small truly unmanaged switch I can try but again, this all started with the firmware update when I was sleeping. I was literally woken up by alerts about stuff being offline.
I have a few ideas of some things I can try (e.g. putting all bridged traffic on a dedicated switch). I'll let you know if I find anything.Ok, keep us posted. I'm curious about your unmanaged switch results...
Is the Orbi is running in router mode or AP mode?