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MetalGeek
Jul 07, 2023Aspirant
SXK50 Access point and Vlan setup
Has anyone setup an Orbi Pro in Access Point mode, enable the built in VLANs and controlled the VLANS with a smart with and router? My reasons for this are covered in my future use case: I have ...
MetalGeek
Jul 07, 2023Aspirant
To clarify, my router would be a router/firewall like pfsense or comparable product.
- BasuKhodanapurJul 10, 2023Apprentice
Hi MetalGeek
We have used for setting up Airplay, chromecast and Printer it works well with mDNS.
Yes using Obri Pro as router mode. Router mode help to setup mDNS, with this feature you can set a rule so all VLAN30 services are shared to VLAN 1 and IOT(Vlan30) services from vlan1 or Vlan20 etc.
Thanks,
Basavaraj
- schumakuJul 10, 2023Guru - Experienced User
MetalGeek wrote:
To clarify, my router would be a router/firewall like pfsense or comparable product.
....so the 3rd party router has to take care about MDNS, the Orbi Pro System in Access Point mode can't...
BasuKhodanapur wrote:
We have used for setting up Airplay, chromecast and Printer it works well with mDNS.
Yes using Orbi Pro as router mode. Router mode help to setup mDNS, with this feature you can set a rule so all VLAN30 services are shared to VLAN 1 and IOT(Vlan30) services from vlan1 or Vlan20 etc.
reading this, the more I'm confused about the mDNS gateway implementation on the WAX6xx.
- MetalGeekJul 10, 2023Aspirant
schumaku wrote:
MetalGeek wrote:To clarify, my router would be a router/firewall like pfsense or comparable product.
....so the 3rd party router has to take care about MDNS, the Orbi Pro System in Access Point mode can't...
That would be correct along with all the FW rules to pass traffic between VLANs. The key for me is to undersand if the firmware of the Obri Pro will support this config. It supports access point mode but does it support the VLANs as well?
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