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RBS850 Phantom MAC address appearing/disappearing from LANwith same IP as Satellite
I have RBK853 (1 x RBR850 & 2 x RBS850) + 1 x additional RBS850 satellite. All satellites are Cat 6 cabled direct to RBR850 router, All devices on same firmware version v3.2.16.6 and have been fact...
What is the Mfr and model# of the Internet Service Providers modem/ONT the NG router is connected too?
What is the mfr and model# of the main host router the RBR is connected to?
What is the Mfr and model# of the ethernet switch in the configuration?
Where is the swtich connected? Between the RBR and RBS?
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Please provide a screen capture of that your seeing. Use the Choose File button to attach the capture file.
What is the Mfr and model# of the Internet Service Providers modem/ONT the NG router is connected too?
Draytek Vigor 3910 Router WAN port is connected to a Virgin Media Hub 4 (in Modem Mode) - Gig1 Service
Draytek Vigor 3910 Router WAN failover is connected to a Netgear 6400 AC1600 VDSL/ADSL Modem (in Modem Mode), BT 64Gb service
Draytek Vigor 3910 Router WAN failover load balancing, connected to USB LTE Modem, Virgin Mobile 4G Unlimited Data
RBR850 iNet port is connected directly via Cat 6e Cable to a 2.5Gb LAN port on Draytek Vigor 3910 Router
What is the mfr and model# of the main host router the RBR is connected to?
Draytek Vigor 3910 Router - Latest Firmware
What is the Mfr and model# of the ethernet switch in the configuration?
Draytek Vigor G2280x Managed Switch - Latest Firware
Where is the swtich connected? Between the RBR and RBS?
The RBS's are direct cabled via Cat 6 cables to the RBR, all 1Gb links.
The RBR is connected via its iNet Port directly to the Daytek Vigor 3910 via 1m 2.5Gb LAN link
The G2280x switch is connected directly to the Draytek Vigor 3910 via 1m 10Gb SFP+ cable
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Various browsers ... MS Edge, MS IE, FireFox or Chrome ... all latest versions vailable
- These are when the phantom MAC address has gone online/offline and has the IP address of 192.168.1.6. The actual satellite assigned 192.168.1.6 has not dropped our of the mesh network so far today!
Have you set up IP address reservations for the RBR and RBS on your host router? Something to try and see if this changes any behaviors.
I presume you are using Dynamic AP mode vs Static IP addressed AP mode on the RBR?
192.168.0.1 - Virgin Media Hub 4 in Modem Mode
All network devices have reserved IP addresses via DHCP IP Bind controlled by Draytek Vigor 3910
192.168.1.1 - Draytek Vigor 3910
192.168.1.2 - Draytek G2280x Managed Switch
192.168.1.3 - RBR
192.168.1.4 - RBS Satellite-1 (Included in RBK853 - no issues)
192.168.1.5 - RBS Satellite-2 (Included in RBK853 - no issues)
192.168.1.6 - RBS Satellite-3 (additional satellite - duplicate IP address due to mac 12xxxxxxxxDD)
I have tried assigning IP addresses directly via Orbi's Admin Pages, but additional RBS still has the same trait.
I have also created a DHCP entry for 12xxxxxxxxDD, but it always has the same IP address as the Satellite itself.
I note from the RBS Satellite-3 'Cpture Debug Logs' that the 12xxxxxxxxDD mac address is associated with its eth3.
I also note that during the period the capture was runninig there was no entries in the pcap log for the 12xxxxxxxxDD mac address, but that is what I would have expected, as I didn't recieve any duplicate network IP address alerts for the same time period.
FYI, I have now plugged the ethernet cable between the RBS Satellite-3 and the RBR into Port 1 of the Satellite and power cycled to see if that makes any diffence. I wouldn't have thought so, but would probably expect the issue to transfer to mac address 12xxxxxxxxDA!
