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MR70/MS70, no wired backhaul?
I am trying to get wired backhaul to work. Wirelesly the satellites are found. They connect and show up in the admin ui as connected wirelesly. When I plug in a network cable to the satellite the led...
Yes I could test that. Are you saying that the MR70 actually needs to sit between the pfSense router and the gigabit switch that distributes my network?
Yes, Any and all MS ethernet connected need to be behind the MR router, then the MR router connected to the host router, MR in router or AP mode. If a switch is needed, since the MR is limited on LAN ports, then LAN switch sits in between the MR and any and all connected MS satellites.
Then that might be the problem. I will test tomorrow with the extra switch. If that's the solution I'll see if I can play with VLAN's and just connect the MR to the switch with 2 cables. The cable to the WAN port in the regular LAN (VLAN0 or whatever) and the other in a seperate switch port in, eg, VLAN10. And then another port on the switch in VLAN10 for the satellite.
It would answer the questions in my head why the manual would want you to use the WAN port even though it needs to communicate with the satellites and the rest of the LAN. Sounds like a missing piece of the puzzle that's actually not written down anywhere and of which I thought, but couldn't imagine to be so...
NG keeps the WAN port for either mode as the primary port for connecting to a host router or ISP modem/ONT. Even in non mesh systems, WAN port IS required for AP mode. Been like this for a long time now.
How I have operated my MK and Orbi mesh systems and all work well with satellites connected behind the MR router and using a ethernet switch. No VLAN configurations needed.
Perhaps, I'm slightly familiar with Ubiquiti where you just run one cable for everything including power :D Seems most logical to me, at least for traffic. But guess that's not the case here. The MR between the router and switch is not feasible in my case for 2 reasons - the first one is that my router, near the entry point for my internet connection in house, is in a very unfortunate spot for access points. I deliberately split AP and router functionality so I can find a decent spot for an AP. The other one is I plan on upgrading to a 2,5gbit switch. The MR in between would mean a 1gbit bottleneck to the outside.
What I do wonder though, you have your complete LAN including satellites on the same LAN on the LAN port of the MR but the modem is connected to the WAN port of the MR? Because that would mean the MR still does some form of routing even though it's in access point mode? It then needs to decide which traffic goes to the WAN and which to the LAN port.