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mansus
Aug 30, 2016Aspirant
R7800 wireless clients cannot connect to lan clients
Hello, I have the latest firmware 1.0.2.04 on R7800 and have an issue where my wifi client cannot access servers on lan on the same router. I found suggestions about firmware resets and turning o...
- Nov 22, 2016
evel I'm using Kong Mod from myopenrouter.com. It's a straightforward process on how to replace the firmware (just look at the latest article). For VLAN tagging, you'll need to create a VLAN on eth0 (default WAN) interface (Setup->Networking) and assign a newly created port as WAN port on the same page. Once you're online - you can easily do the rest (wifi, services, etc). WIFI->LAN works right away.
Thx, Mansus.
evel
Dec 20, 2016Aspirant
I don't have the luxury of returning mine. I'm well past Frys return date. It was working fantastically until updated the firmware and enabled VLAN. I ran another CAT6. Now I don't have anything on wireless that needs to access wired storage. Sad workaround but it is what it is at this point.
FURRYe38
Dec 20, 2016Guru - Experienced User
Can you down grade FW to what had been working?
Does it work if you don't use any VLAN configurations?
evel wrote:I don't have the luxury of returning mine. I'm well past Frys return date. It was working fantastically until updated the firmware and enabled VLAN. I ran another CAT6. Now I don't have anything on wireless that needs to access wired storage. Sad workaround but it is what it is at this point.
- hamditDec 20, 2016Aspirant
i tried with and without VLAN, problem is that WLAN is isolated (partially) with LAN, any LAN configuration will not fix this issue as i have been told and tested with the support staff.
i also tried downgrading FW but could not get it working on the lowest one i could find.
not only SSH won't work but also accessing webservices on LAN such as webinterface of a NAS, VNC won't work over WLAN too, shares do work but i had trouble getting a fast timemachine working for my macbook, so it seems it is very slow or even times out.
to be honest, i do not think that this is fixed within current firmware and settings.
maybe there is a hidden Isolate feature in the firmware enabled but the option to disable it isn't there.
i have heard that that option was there on the very very early firmware releases but i couldnt find it.
i hope (for the community and reputation of NETGEAR) that someone will come forward and say that this is a bug, it still boggles my mind that when i spoke to support they didnt even know about this issue.
i discovered this issue when i was configuring a raspberry pi and couldnt ssh so i spend night after night trying to figure it out and thougt it was my knowledge lacking, anyway i purchased a NAS also that day and couldnt get into the webinterface, so i returned 2!!!!! models of QNAP nasses to te shop and told them they are defective.
after a while i plugged in my laptop to LAN because my wifi didn't reach the room i was in and i discovered that i could get to the raspberry pi that was still on :).
anyway, long story short i litterally spend days figuring this router out and alone and with support at the end.
i finally gave up on it as my time is pressious too and i rather get one that does work.
the asus router i have now even has much more VLAN options and even a standard VLAN configuration for fiber vlan with IPTV telephony and such, i am just lucky to had the option to return it and get my asus.
if the unit you have is still under guarantee, return it !!!! tell store that is a factory defect, imo it is.
firmware or not, it still doesnt do what it should do
ps: sorry for the long story, i just hope that netgear will fix this very very fast, this issue is open for months now.
- FURRYe38Dec 21, 2016Guru - Experienced User
Is there DD-WRT or OpenWRT available for this model router? Might be a last resort.
hamdit wrote:i tried with and without VLAN, problem is that WLAN is isolated (partially) with LAN, any LAN configuration will not fix this issue as i have been told and tested with the support staff.
i also tried downgrading FW but could not get it working on the lowest one i could find.
not only SSH won't work but also accessing webservices on LAN such as webinterface of a NAS, VNC won't work over WLAN too, shares do work but i had trouble getting a fast timemachine working for my macbook, so it seems it is very slow or even times out.
to be honest, i do not think that this is fixed within current firmware and settings.
maybe there is a hidden Isolate feature in the firmware enabled but the option to disable it isn't there.
i have heard that that option was there on the very very early firmware releases but i couldnt find it.
i hope (for the community and reputation of NETGEAR) that someone will come forward and say that this is a bug, it still boggles my mind that when i spoke to support they didnt even know about this issue.
i discovered this issue when i was configuring a raspberry pi and couldnt ssh so i spend night after night trying to figure it out and thougt it was my knowledge lacking, anyway i purchased a NAS also that day and couldnt get into the webinterface, so i returned 2!!!!! models of QNAP nasses to te shop and told them they are defective.
after a while i plugged in my laptop to LAN because my wifi didn't reach the room i was in and i discovered that i could get to the raspberry pi that was still on :).
anyway, long story short i litterally spend days figuring this router out and alone and with support at the end.
i finally gave up on it as my time is pressious too and i rather get one that does work.
the asus router i have now even has much more VLAN options and even a standard VLAN configuration for fiber vlan with IPTV telephony and such, i am just lucky to had the option to return it and get my asus.
if the unit you have is still under guarantee, return it !!!! tell store that is a factory defect, imo it is.
firmware or not, it still doesnt do what it should do
ps: sorry for the long story, i just hope that netgear will fix this very very fast, this issue is open for months now.
- StephenBDec 21, 2016Guru - Experienced User
@FURRYNUTZ wrote:
Is there DD-WRT or OpenWRT available for this model router? Might be a last resort.
https://www.myopenrouter.com/blog/dd-wrt-kong-mod-now-available-netgear-r7800-nighthawk
https://www.myopenrouter.com/download/r7800-openwrt-firmware
I haven't used either (and have an R8500). I'm just posting what google found.