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SXK80 no internet on ethernet ports with VLAN set
I'm on firmware v3.2.6.100. I have my SXK80 router and several satellites connected to it via ethernet backhaul. On my office satellite, I set 2 of the physical ethernet ports to have a VLAN profile ...
I found the issue regarding my ports and connectivity issues: it was an error on my end. I had forgotten to set up the appropriate VLAN setting on my pfsense firewall that's in front of the orbi (which is in AP mode). Once I set that up properly, the ports work as expected configured to the VLAN id I set it to. So this is not an Orbi error but rather user error.
So from what I gathered from the manual is the following
Trunk Mode - Port Used For Ethernet Backhaul or WAN port.
Access Mode - Port Used a regular assigned VLAN
"Assign Access mode to a VLAN that includes ports that support client and end devices.
For the satellite, if a port is connected to the base (router), set the mode to Trunk."
Looks like you have that Port setup in Trunk Mode. Have you tried access mode?
Yes. I originally tried access mode as mentioned, no dice, then trunk second, also no dice. Neither mode had internet access. Perhaps this is a bug with the current firmware?
Perhaps. I have not upgraded to that FW as of yet and my devices are not having any issues
There may be something goofy with this firmware version. Since I just got the device, it's the only version I'm familiar with so I don't have any knowledge about earlier ones. One other thing I notice is that if I change both access mode AND vlan profile at the same time for an ethernet port, after it finishes applying, it comes back up as trunk and default no matter what I set. I wanted to test access mode again. I found that I had to first set the 2 ports to access, hit apply, wait a very long time for the router to reboot and all satellites to come back up (like 10-15 minutes, and these are all ethernet wired to the router). Then when that finished, I had to change the vlan profile, hit apply, and wait another 10-15. It then finally took. Anyway, here is a screenshot of it with access set. Still no internet on those ports. Internet only works on those ports if the vlan profile is set to default (access mode doesn't matter in that case, trunk or access both equally provided internet). I would imagine this is a bug.
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