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Karamb
Dec 16, 2020Aspirant
"Forward BPDU while STP Disabled" option via app / cloud.
Hello everybody, I am trying to find an option called "Forward BPDU while STP Disabled" in the Netgear Insight app, but I cannot locate it there. I need this option for my mesh routers to be able...
schumaku
Dec 16, 2020Guru - Experienced User
The easier way would be adding this control on the local device - without requiring removing the device from the cloud.
Curious, which Mesh devices require this? Any sources, references, ...? This would help Netgear towards a possible feature change.
YeZ please.
- KarambDec 16, 2020Aspirant
Hi schumaku,
Thank you for your reply.
I have contacted the Netgear support and got a confirmation from them that this option is not available in the app/cloud. However, it's turned out that only insight app-managed settings are over-written when the control is returned to the app. Therefore, the recommendation in this case is to change this setting locally, return control to the app and enjoy. That worked for me.
Regarding your question about the models, I've briefly googled that google wifi mesh units require this setting. That gave me a hint that my newly purchased huawei routers may be using the same. And yep, that worked. So basically it seems to be a solution for multiple models of mesh-routers that work with dumb unmanaged switches (that don't have STP/QOS), but not with the managed ones.
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