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"Connected without internet" when moving from WiFI backhaul to wired backhaul
I recently upgraded from an Orbi Wifi5 system to the Orbi Wifi 6 and am having major delays when switching between devices . My setup is this: Orbi RBR760 in the main house. 2 satellites also in the...
It would be really helpful to see a diagram of how this is all connected.
Does the Windows PC have two network adapters? (one for the DSL connection to the pfSense VM, and one for the Orbi router connection?)
Even in Access Point (AP) mode, the Orbi expects "the internet" to appear on the WAN port, not one of the LAN ports.
And, it expects ALL of the Orbi satellites to connect either (a) over the built in WiFi link, or (b) through one of the LAN ports.
I can make up a diagram tomorrow.
The pfsense VM runs on Vmware. There are two NICs trunked to several vlans and the DSL modem is connected to a Cisco switch port on one of the vlans. The pfsense has a virtual nic on the LAN and a virtual nic on the WAN. Technically it also has another DSL and another LAN but that shouldn't be in play here.
A single network cable runs to the RBR from the switch, I believe on port 1, the wired satellite is plugged into the Cisco Switch so it would be communicating through that same connection on port 1 on the RBR through the switch. The RBR and all satellites have reserved IPs on the Windows DHCP Server.
The pfsense VM runs on Vmware. There are two NICs trunked to several vlans and the DSL modem is connected to a Cisco switch port on one of the vlans. The pfsense has a virtual nic on the LAN and a virtual nic on the WAN. Technically it also has another DSL and another LAN but that shouldn't be in play here.
A single network cable runs to the RBR from the switch, I believe on port 1, the wired satellite is plugged into the Cisco Switch so it would be communicating through that same connection on port 1 on the RBR through the switch. The RBR and all satellites have reserved IPs on the Windows DHCP Server.