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MR60/MS60 slow wifi and wired backhaul issue
Topology - Motorola SurfBoard (Spectrum ISP) > Netgate SG-2100 > Netgear GS108Tv3 > several unmanaged switches and my devices, including the MR60 in AP mode, and the MS60 as a satellite. Firmwar...
crazyoldhermit wrote:
Thank you plemans for the suggestions, but that arrangement isn't something I can do cleanly, and ironically would create the rat's nest that Michael imagines.
How do you actually have it laid out?
That's key as setting up a mesh network when you're mixing consumer equipment and business equipment.
You can do it but it needs to be arranged properly.
I had thought my description of the topology might have been sufficient, but I understand now a lot more about the limitations of the Nighthawk Mesh product line and had I been aware of these things, I would never have purchased this. I am about to have a couple paperweights, so if anyone wants a deal on this hardware please send me a PM I cannot wait to never see it again.
The reflection issue is indeed the problem of the MR/MS and how it creates the wired backhaul. This is a very special and unique issue to this device, and makes it absolutely useless for my use case. It was sold as being a mesh unit that could be used as an AP, and that's what I bought it for. Getting this to work reliably is the most ridiculous pain in the ass I have ever encountered using any networking software - between the Nighthawk app, and the impossible to use web setup (my device is refusing to talk at all now over ethernet, will only accept wireless to do setup, oh my god), I have had quite enough of the issue at this point.
The remedy is to sell the MR60 and satellite, or throw in a trash can. Purchase a dedicated pair of APs from another manufacturer, and wrap this up. The consumer grade product is made to infuriate anyone with any clue about how any of this works, and I actually have a great deal of experience in system installation.
I know this is a consumer forum, so I will end this rant quickly - I have purchased myself in store ~200 to 300 GS105/108 switches, and have others purchase for me probably another 500. I decided I trusted the brand, and purchased some of the other products. They are garbage - the modems are garbage, this Wifi6 system is absolute garbage and the software to make it work is crap-tier. Unless it is a simple switch for someone else's job and they demand Netgear, I will never purchase anything with the brand name again. I will not, even on demand, install anything else Netgear makes. If this is how they treat me as a consumer, they have lost me as a professional.
Plemans, be well you have been pleasant to interact with. I am sorry this will not have a happy conclusion, but I have spent days now troubleshooting these devices, now finally to mostly just give up because they are incredibly difficult to reset and unless you are using them in exactly the way the installation manual expects there will be a problem both sooner and later.
Interesting, something I've not seen with my MK63 system and with my GS10x series non managed switches.
Would need to know exactly how your MK system is connected and configured with the host router. Router and AP mode should work well on the MK system.
