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smart poe switch closing down ports
I recently bought the above switch to make my home network a bit neater, has a router going in and a ubiquiti cloud key plugged in running 4 wireless ap's it then has a bout 10 devices plugged direct...
Tha'ts the classic Sonos STP/l2 loop issue - if all Sonos players are wired, disable WiFi...
FWIW: The L2 loop existed before on your unmanaged switches - but you have never realized there is a problem and the network failed to perform well.
Bit more info
going into the gui, it is reorting a level2 loop
now port 8 on the config page is showing as diasbled and port 17 as enabled
If i re enable port 8 admin mode then port 17 drops out and vice versa
the topology hasnt changed from my pre non managed switch days
can the loop be wirelessly?
could it be from the sonos system?
AFAIK i have no physical wired loop
Im hoping i have cured my L2 loop myself
sonos play 1 wired and picking up wifi, one from one branch of main switch one from another
ill look at it all againn tommorow
Tha'ts the classic Sonos STP/l2 loop issue - if all Sonos players are wired, disable WiFi...
FWIW: The L2 loop existed before on your unmanaged switches - but you have never realized there is a problem and the network failed to perform well.
every day is a school day
thank you for confirming and giving a propper explanation to what i had found by the good old method of plug one thing in at a time till it falls over!
Thank you
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