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kitkat007
Aspirant
Dec 07, 2021

R7000 -> RAX80 vlan is horrible

The issue is simple and yet impossible to solve probably without a firmware fix.

 

I have a perfectly working R7000. I bought a RAX80 thinking to get some boost in coverage/wifi.

 

I used exaclty the same settings and this is the result:

 

The download speed is fine (speedtest) but the upload speed is really bad (1%). When I am doing a video call it constantly lags and throws issues during video calls.

With https://packetlosstest.com/ I can see +70% packets drop constantly.

 

This is my setup

 

Outside line -> Netgear (vlan)

 

The funny part is if I just use the RAX80 as AP without vlan it works perfect

 

Outside line -> Netgear R7000 (vlan) -> Netgear RAX80

 

Basically VLAN is broken :\

5 Replies

  • DarrenM's avatar
    DarrenM
    Sr. NETGEAR Moderator

    What is the firmware version you are using the RAX80?

     

    DarrenM

    • kitkat007's avatar
      kitkat007
      Aspirant
      I tried 3 firmwares and they all have same issue.

      Latest one
      1.03.106
      1.02.76
      • kitkat007's avatar
        kitkat007
        Aspirant
        Kind of scary how netgear doesn’t even care about the obvious broken firmware for vlan.

        Atleast remove its functionality or don’t market with it.
      • kitkat007's avatar
        kitkat007
        Aspirant
        Something is going wrong with replying.

        I tried 3 firmwares.

        Latest
        1.03 and 1.02