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  1. MattBoothDev

    Curious packet loss when connecting my modem to a switch

    I had a go at your suggestion, but it come unstuck a bit :/ In the Asus settings when configuring the WAN IP I also have to provide a Gateway IP. Now, the ones that are automatically picked up are provided by the ISP so not something I could potentially set statically (presumably they will...
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    Curious packet loss when connecting my modem to a switch

    Yeah, actually, the default IP of the Draytek is 192.168.2.1 which I did go and change on first setup 🤦‍♂️ The XT8 is indeed on 192.168.1.10 (the other station is 192.168.1.11). I think DHCP is disabled automatically if you change the operation mode to modem only (rather than modem router) and...
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    Curious packet loss when connecting my modem to a switch

    It's a TP-Link TL-SG108: https://www.tp-link.com/uk/business-networking/unmanaged-switch/tl-sg108/
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    Curious packet loss when connecting my modem to a switch

    I see. Is it a side effect of using it (the modem) in bridge mode? Presumably if the Draytek was the router and modem and the Asus was just an access point, I'd likely only need the one ethernet between the two anyway and be able to access the web UI as normal? I did have another Asus DSL...
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    Curious packet loss when connecting my modem to a switch

    I had suspected the loop issue which is how I managed to diagnose what was happening. What I'm doing currently is simply connecting it in and out of the switch when I want to check the line speeds, but I wondered if there wasn't something else I could do to stop the loop entirely.
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    Curious packet loss when connecting my modem to a switch

    Hey all. I have a curious issue when connecting my modem to a switch in order to access the web UI page. I have a Draytek Vigor 167 (VDSL2 modem/router) which is set in bridge mode and has the IP 192.168.1.1. I then have an Asus ZenWiFi XT8 router which has the IP 192.168.1.10. This uses...
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    Asus ZenWiFi XT8 and DSL-AC88U - How to best make use of this?

    @Kapet thanks for replying. Yes that's right. I got that mixed up with 160MHz backhaul. I've been able to confirm using a WiFi scanner on my phone that the backhaul is indeed running at 160MHz. I've only been using this kit a couple of days but I'm very impressed so far. I have a PC wired...
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    Asus ZenWiFi XT8 and DSL-AC88U - How to best make use of this?

    @L&LD thanks for the tip. I connected the ZenWiFi to my switch and set it to AP mode. Is there a way to confirm I'm using a 6GHz backhaul? It appears to be checked in the settings.
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    Asus ZenWiFi XT8 and DSL-AC88U - How to best make use of this?

    The DSL-AC88U does have a WAN port, as it happens :D That sounds ok, then. I just wondered whether the ZenWifi would want to be the gateway if it was to create the mesh. But it sounds like I could just wire them up to my switch (switch to Node WAN port, right?) and they'd be fine?
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    Asus ZenWiFi XT8 and DSL-AC88U - How to best make use of this?

    Hi @L&LD, thanks for the welcome. Yeah, my thoughts were using the DSL-AC88U as an access point for some legacy devices and have the ZenWiFi be the main WiFi we all use. One question is, as I've no experience with AiMesh, would the base Zen need to be the gateway as well?
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    Asus ZenWiFi XT8 and DSL-AC88U - How to best make use of this?

    I'm looking for advice on this setup. I'm currently using a DSL-AC88U for my UK EE connection. It has to be at one side of the house near the BT inlet, so the other side, especially upstairs, suffers deadzones/spots. I've read the good and the bad about the ZenWifi but I've decided to go for...
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