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How to manage more than one access point (WAX620 - WAX630)
Hi everyone, I'm interested to buy some APs, mixed among WAX620 and WAX630. These models have "instant mesh" feature, but I don't understand if insight subscription is required. Can I join more tha...
Now I'm trying WAX630, I received it yesterday. I've looked for APs from other brand, and I've found a very expensive AP that I would buy (wifi ax, tri-band, embedded wireless controller, external antennas)... But it's unavailable at all, especially in my country.
I'm using the AP without Insight and it seems very interesting. For now, I can test it with a WAX218 AP, with same SSID, and with my wifi ax devices it seems to work fine.
I'll testing it for a month, and if it's good for me I'll buy another one (or two). I'll tell you my opinion at the end of summer.
I bought a WAX630 and gave back my RAX200. And i found 1 issue with WAX 630.
I have 10Gbit internet.
Internal speed check on WAX show me 2000/2300Mbit, that is ok, cause WAX has 2.5Gbit port. And my Mikrotik catch this outgoind/incoming speed.
But when I connect my notebook over cable to WAX and another monbile device connect wirelessly to WAX, and I start speedtest simultaneously on both devices, (but 1st is on wired, 2nd is on wireless) so WAX drop speed for wirelessly connected device till 10Mbit. Wired connected notebook show 1Gbit speed. If i start speed test only on 1 device, so it is ok. wired will show 1Gbit again, and wireless will show 700/700 Mbit. But if I start simultaneously it looks like my WAN only 1Gbit, though my WAN for WAX is 2.5Gbit.
So it looks like WAX can not proceed 2 different types of connection simultaneously.
I created case in support, but
Could you please check on your side the same situaion?
It is ok if no.
Thanks in advance,
Eugene.
Nothing wrong with the WAX630 - except of this use case.
Check the Insight Managed WiFi 6 AX6000 Tri-band Multi-Gig Access Point Model WAX630 User Manual p.14 ff.
===
LAN 2 port: The LAN 2 port is a Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 port that you can use to
connect the access point to the same switch as the LAN 1 port for a link aggregation
(LAG) connection. The switch must be capable of supporting a LAG connection,
which you must configure on the switch. For more information about setting up and
enabling a LAG on the access point, see Manage the link aggregation capability on
page 135===
The second LAN port isn't bridged even if the manual says the two ports are not configured to a LAG. Thus it does not make a proper "switch"-like port to connect other devices.
Based on your description, it looks like the (disabled?) LAG isn't properly disabled, and/or the second port isn't properly enabled as a pure bridge port, too. RaghuHR work for you 8-)
It could be useful offering the ability to use the second port as a bridge port, for example to connect a printer, a camera o the like near to the AP location.
WAX has 2 LANs:
LAN1 is 2.5GBit.
LAN2 is 1Gbit.
LAN1 is connected to 10Gbit port of my main router.
And internal speed check shows 2000/2300 Mbit. So it is ok.
Now, LAN2 is connected to MacBook over 1Gbit adapter.
i run speed test only on Macbook it shows me around 920/960 Mbit. So it is ok.
Now I connect iPhone to WAX over Wi-Fi.
I run speed test only on iPhone. It shows me around 700/800Mbit. So it is ok.
Now I run 2 speed test simultaneously: on MacBook and on iPhone.
It shows me that MacBook has 900/920 Mbit and iPhone has only 10 Mbit. So sum of that speed is 1Gbit. Not 2.5Gbit. From my opinion WAX should show 1Gbit on MacBook and 700 Mbit on iPhone. Does not ?
LAG is disabled. in local web panel.
I cant find any other bridgse settings.
thanks.
Leaving alone this isn't on how APs are typically used with one 2.5G or a dual 1G LAG to the infrastructure: It reads to me like the WiFi radios seem to bridging to the wrong Interface or an undefined LAG with a certain distribution policy, where one link does go out to a dead end (the one the Mac is connected), leading to failures and retries ...
And again: The UM does state the purpose and config of the LAN 2 port very clear....
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