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WAX214 SSDP help requested
I have a python script called vadim.py that uses ssdp to discover devices on my network.
See full script at https://github.com/dumbo25/wemosetup and vadim.py
The goal of the script is to find all wemos on my network. I had all my switches and APs plugged directly into my gateway and vadim worked fine. There was one network segment. I was able to consistently find 29 out of 29 my WeMo devices when my laptop was connected to any of my SSIDs.
The issue was my first floor AP was directly under my 2nd floor AP. So, there were Wi-Fi dead spots on the other side of my house. I moved the 2nd floor AP to the other side of my home using PoE with the WAX214. This required plugging the AP into a switch creating a new "network segment".
Each AP has 2 radios; one radio is dedicated to 802.11n and the other radio is for 5GHz protocols. And each has its own SSID. My WeMos coonnect to SSIDs dumbon (15 WeMos on 1st floor) or dumbon2 (14 WeMos on 2nd floor).
Now, when I run python3 vadim.py discover, I only get those on the SSID I am connected to (dumbon or dumbn2).
Is there anyway to enable ssdp on the WAX214, or are there any settings that would make this work?
I went back through the JGS524PE settings. The one that seems to make a difference is QoS Mode, which I changed from 802.1p-based to Port-based. And now the script works! Yay! Thank you!
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dumbo25 wrote:
The issue was my first floor AP was directly under my 2nd floor AP. So, there were Wi-Fi dead spots on the other side of my house. I moved the 2nd floor AP to the other side of my home using PoE with the WAX214. This required plugging the AP into a switch creating a new "network segment".
This is a little bit confusing, at least to the reader here. How is this new network segment linked - I understand this as a piece if wired network not physically connected to the primary LAN? Asking because historically an Ethernet network segment was a connection/cable making a shared media, and multiple segments were connected using bridges (typically with some filters, limiting certain traffic/functionality, for example to create multiple broadcast domains).
In general I would expect the WAX214 is able to deal with SSDP in both directions, able to discover WLAN->LAN, WLAN->WLAN, and LAN->WLAN, being to discover a Windows or MacOS system, or to discover your WeMos.
Sorry for the confusion. Here is how my network is configured.
My ISP's Gateway has four ports. Three are connected to switch 1, switch 2 and the downstairs AP. The upstairs AP was connected to the 4th port when the script found all 29 WeMos. Now, the upstairs AP is connected to a PoE port on switch 2.
Perhaps, the switch is creating the "network segment". I will check its settings.
So the PoE switch powering the WAX214 is also linked to one of the router ports I'm guessing. that far that good. this makes just yet another link, nothing dedicated, unless you start to use multiple VLANs which can let that link to appear as a part from a different network.
What PoE switch is in place there?.
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