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jabenedicic
Tutor
Jun 14, 2022

RBKE963 - DHCP/Connectivity Failure

I have the RBKE963B kit here in the house, one device on each floor at opposite ends of the property, the top floor is connected wired, the middle floor is wifi backhaul. The connectivity in between ...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Jun 14, 2022

What FW are you using?

CAT# LAN cable are you using? CAT6A STP is recommended if your using the 2.5Gb ports to connect the RBS with that switch. 

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    jabenedicic
    Tutor
    Jun 14, 2022

    V6.0.3.85_3.1.15 is the firmware in use. Cables are all CAT6A.

     

    Take the router out of the equation and stick some manual IPs on my NAS and a laptop and connect it around the house at various points in the network and you get full 2.5Gbps throughput, between my desktops I get full 10Gbps, the runs are relatively short.

     

    I'm tempted to remove DHCP from the Orbi and run it in a container on my NAS and see if thats any better. This only started happening when I got the new Orbi's in, previous mesh system has been fine for multiple years.

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      FURRYe38
      Guru - Experienced User
      Jun 14, 2022

      Something to try on your Orbi system that I do on mine. Set the DHCP IP address pool to 192.168.1.100 to .200. 

      For my NAS I set a static IP address ON the NAS to something outside of this pool size I use. I have two NAS. Both on statics and have zero DHCP  issues. There always there and online at designated IPs 

       

      I'm waiting for my XS505M to arrive so I can play around on 10Gb. 

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        jabenedicic
        Tutor
        Jun 17, 2022
        FURRYe38 wrote:

        Something to try on your Orbi system that I do on mine. Set the DHCP IP address pool to 192.168.1.100 to .200. 

        For my NAS I set a static IP address ON the NAS to something outside of this pool size I use. I have two NAS. Both on statics and have zero DHCP  issues. There always there and online at designated IPs 

         

        I'm waiting for my XS505M to arrive so I can play around on 10Gb. 

        My NAS is already on a static address and I've moved the address range to remove the overlap. Had to do this as it is unacceptable to have to reboot multiple times for DHCP reservations to work on the Orbi (absolutely shocking implementation).