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treasy
Tutor
May 31, 2022

Intermittent disconnects using SXK80 in AP Mode with VLAN Tagging

Hello, I've been having a very frustrating problem with the orbi pros while in AP mode with VLAN tagging enabled.  I have done some research and have narrowed it down to a few log messages that I see...
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JamesJohnson
Aspirant
Dec 06, 2022

Was this resolved and if so may I ask how ?

We're experiencing the same thing...
A single physical connection between our pfSense router and SXR80 in AP mode in trunk mode.
That physical connection carries a default VLAN (1, aka untagged) and 3 others (10, 20, 40).

These 3 VLANs are assigned to Wifi1, 2 and 3 respectively (all different subnets).
Clients are intermittently being dropped and the only message we can see at the time is
<6>Dec 6 14:15:12 kernel: br-lan: port 7(ath2) received tcn bpdu
<6>Dec 6 14:15:12 kernel: br-lan: topology change detected, propagating

Apart from the intermittent drop outs everything else is working fine.


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justinhow1
Aspirant
Dec 11, 2022

I am also having disconnection problems. Any news on this?

I have a 3 node 1 x SXR30 and 2 x SXS30 all system running V4.2.3.102. I have to reboot the WiFi Orbi's every two weeks or so as devices start dropping off the network. I am also using VLANs on the wifi network.

 

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    justinhow1
    Aspirant
    Jan 15, 2023

    FYI  I back revved the firmware on all mt 3 SRX/SRS30 devices from V4.2.3.102 to V4.2.2.130 and the problem went away.

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      hermesromeror
      Apprentice
      Jan 15, 2023

      Interesting, I might try that on my SXR80. Where did you get it? justinhow1 

      Thank you

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        justinhow1
        Aspirant
        Feb 23, 2023

        Sorry for late reply I did not get notofied of reply.

        If you did not find it, all the old revisions are available on Netgear website where you get the latest.

        https://www.netgear.com/support/product/sxk30b3.aspx#download

        I can't say I have no problems (now running V4.2.2.130) with devices having trouble connecting to the WiFi but it is less requently.

        Still wish you could schedule a reboot every x weeks.

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