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Orbi 7 Wired backhaul and Aruba 6100 Managed switch
Hi All, I just received my brand new Orbi Wifi 7 Router and 3 satellites. I set the satellites up first in wireless backhaul after updating to the latest firmware (v9.12.2.1) on all devices. Too...
That's a smart switch, aka, managed so no.
Any switch with characters after the ### in the model name is a smart/managed switch or having some form of management user interface with features that can be changed.
The MS105 of that series is non managed so could work. I don't have this model. My XS505M and GS110MX are non-managed switches and work. The GS110MX seem to be the only series with characters after the model number that's not a managed or smart switch.
It was in AP mode. Tried all ports đ
With the managed switches it just didn't work. After connecting non-managed switches, all workes fine for me for now.
Just waiting for NG to solve the managed switch problem.
Only the one satellite that is on Wifi backhaul sometimes needs to reconnect en sync. Don't know why its doing this resymc? Maybe channel switching?
Good timing, I had a support session with Netgear and they confirmed what I had thought, in AP mode the wired backhaul doesn't work over the WAN port.
I have a couple of suggestions that I am working through over the weekend as I need to setup some extra VLANs. Basically I am going to setup a VLAN with the wired backhaul in that VLAN alone. The 2.5GbE port from the RBR, and the 2.5GbE ports from the RBS units. The engineering team believes this will then work.
In the end I'll have the 10GbE WAN port connected to my main VLAN and have an address on my network, then a VLAN that is just the wired backhaul with the 3 extra ports from the 3 devices in. I assume this will just use some private addressing internally to communicate the backhaul between the units. Curious how devices get DHCP addresses and stuff, but will do some testing and see how this pans out.
Can you try a VLAN configuration with your managed switch and the Orbi system with ethernet connected RBS?
Not sure what brand and model switch you have.
Setup a VLAN name for something intuitive. Name it OrbiRBSEthernet for example.
Input 4091 for VLAN ID.
Set all Port Members for this VLAN configuration to TAG ALL.
Apply the configuration.
Have the RBS already wirelessly connected to the RBR. Managed switch needs to be connected behind the RBR, not in parallel. After you make the configuration on the managed switch and it's applied, Connect the RBS to the switch one at a time. Give it about 1 minute or two for the RBS to settle in.
Test.
I did this yesterday with mine and it resolves the Guest Network not working at the RBS when they are ethernet connected to a managed switch that's behind the RBR. iPhone and Android pad finally connected at each RBS on Guest Network and got full internet access.
Let us know if this fixes what you are seeing.
jabenedicic wrote:
Good timing, I had a support session with Netgear and they confirmed what I had thought, in AP mode the wired backhaul doesn't work over the WAN port.
I have a couple of suggestions that I am working through over the weekend as I need to setup some extra VLANs. Basically I am going to setup a VLAN with the wired backhaul in that VLAN alone. The 2.5GbE port from the RBR, and the 2.5GbE ports from the RBS units. The engineering team believes this will then work.
In the end I'll have the 10GbE WAN port connected to my main VLAN and have an address on my network, then a VLAN that is just the wired backhaul with the 3 extra ports from the 3 devices in. I assume this will just use some private addressing internally to communicate the backhaul between the units. Curious how devices get DHCP addresses and stuff, but will do some testing and see how this pans out.