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BestYohman
Aug 19, 2024Aspirant
GS748Tv5 managed switch with a Nest pro wifi
I have Nest pros with a Netgear GS748Tv5 managed switch. I have turned off stp and turned on forward BPDU. Everything was working fine until a about a month ago. When I connect the two Nest pros via ...
RennaD
Aug 21, 2024NETGEAR Moderator
Hello BestYohman,
Welcome to the NETGEAR Community! 🙂
Which port of the Nest Pro is connected to the switch? Kindly provide a network topology.
Do you have internet when you bypass the switch? Also, what is the switch firmware? I suggest to update it to the latest version 6.3.1.47, if not yet done.
Have a lovely day,
RennaD
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schumaku
Aug 22, 2024Guru - Experienced User
Trouble might be called by the IEEE 802.11s Mesh extension in use by these Nest (and other) systems, an L2 protocol addition which might be not supported on many switches in the field, easy competing with network standard rchitecture features Spnning Tree Protocols like STP, RSTP, and MSTP. A mess is predictable easily...
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