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Ethernet Backhaul
I originally set up the system with wireless backhaul. Just now reconfigured as wired. Router status still shows satellites connected as 5G. Do I need to reset the satellites or perform some other...
Thanks. I am definitely running the Router in Router mode. Just checked again. It is also the only DHCP server on the network.
I did try resetting the satellite initially, but I haven't tried again. I might soon and see what happens. Let me telnet into the satellite and see what it says.
This is the output from the satellite. This one is currently connected via 5G to my router and via wired cable to the other access point.
root@RBS50:/# brctl showstp br0 br0 bridge id 8000.b0b98a4c9699 designated root 8000.b0b98a4c9699 root port 0 path cost 0 max age 20.00 bridge max age 20.00 hello time 2.00 bridge hello time 2.00 forward delay 0.00 bridge forward delay 0.00 ageing time 30.00 hello timer 0.15 tcn timer 0.00 topology change timer 0.00 gc timer 15.16 flags ath0 (3) port id 8003 state forwarding designated root 8000.b0b98a4c9699 path cost 100 designated bridge 8000.b0b98a4c9699 message age timer 0.00 designated port 8003 forward delay timer 0.00 designated cost 0 hold timer 0.00 flags hairpin mode 1 ath01 (4) port id 8004 state forwarding designated root 8000.b0b98a4c9699 path cost 100 designated bridge 8000.b0b98a4c9699 message age timer 0.00 designated port 8004 forward delay timer 0.00 designated cost 0 hold timer 0.00 flags hairpin mode 1 ath02 (6) port id 8006 state forwarding designated root 8000.b0b98a4c9699 path cost 100 designated bridge 8000.b0b98a4c9699 message age timer 0.00 designated port 8006 forward delay timer 0.00 designated cost 0 hold timer 0.00 flags hairpin mode 1 ath03 (5) port id 8005 state forwarding designated root 8000.b0b98a4c9699 path cost 100 designated bridge 8000.b0b98a4c9699 message age timer 0.00 designated port 8005 forward delay timer 0.00 designated cost 0 hold timer 0.00 flags hairpin mode 1 ath1 (7) port id 8007 state forwarding designated root 8000.b0b98a4c9699 path cost 100 designated bridge 8000.b0b98a4c9699 message age timer 0.00 designated port 8007 forward delay timer 0.00 designated cost 0 hold timer 0.00 flags hairpin mode 1 ath11 (8) port id 8008 state forwarding designated root 8000.b0b98a4c9699 path cost 100 designated bridge 8000.b0b98a4c9699 message age timer 0.00 designated port 8008 forward delay timer 0.00 designated cost 0 hold timer 0.00 flags hairpin mode 1 ath2 (9) port id 8009 state forwarding designated root 8000.b0b98a4c9699 path cost 100 designated bridge 8000.b0b98a4c9699 message age timer 0.00 designated port 8009 forward delay timer 0.00 designated cost 0 hold timer 0.00 flags hairpin mode 1 ath21 (10) port id 800a state forwarding designated root 8000.b0b98a4c9699 path cost 100 designated bridge 8000.b0b98a4c9699 message age timer 0.00 designated port 800a forward delay timer 0.00 designated cost 0 hold timer 0.00 flags hairpin mode 1 eth0 (2) port id 8002 state disabled designated root 8000.b0b98a4c9699 path cost 100 designated bridge 8000.b0b98a4c9699 message age timer 0.00 designated port 8002 forward delay timer 0.00 designated cost 0 hold timer 0.00 flags eth1 (1) port id 8001 state forwarding designated root 8000.b0b98a4c9699 path cost 4 designated bridge 8000.b0b98a4c9699 message age timer 0.00 designated port 8001 forward delay timer 0.00 designated cost 0 hold timer 0.00 flags
Well… that looks pretty normal, though.
Haha, I have disabled something called "redirects" on the other access point on my network.
However, I am waiting to try out just disconnecting everything and seeing if just the wired connection between the router and satellite works. If it does, then it could be that the AP is being incompatible.Will report back! Thank you so much for all the help till now!
Let me know if you get a stable wired backhaul. I have never been able to get wired backhaul to work without crashing the router.
Haha, that's not very comforting! But yes, I will. If it doesn't work, I may look into using a lot of different access points and just wiring everything up. But it's a pain and I'd rather just simplify and try and use this.
Will update here as soon as I can!
Ok so a quick update. I turned off all wired devices connecting to the router and satellite and only kept the wifi ones on.
Then I turned off both router and satellite, attached the cable and turned both on. It acted funny for a bit but then gave me a stable connection. I waited about 5 minutes for it to go down, but it didn't.
I then connected my other router (working as a switch with dhcp disabled) and quickly disabled anything I could think of which wasn't necessary like Redirects, TR-069, UPnP IGD, etc.For now, it seems to be working fine. I have tested transfers over the ethernet and they work to be around 100MB/s which is great.
Internet seems stable too. Seems like I may have finally fixed it!
hey there - i am having same exact issues you had. did your solution work long term?
Hi,
Yes it does seem to be working fine. I think the problem may have been some sort of incompatibility with the other switch on the network. However, after disabling almost everything on it, it seems to be stable enough.
Enough people have situations like mine and yours to say that the firmware is far from complete and bug free, but with a little bit of luck you should be able to get it working too.
Let us know how it goes for you!