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    Asus rt-ax88u-pro mesh wired ethernet issues

    I have DHCP disabled on the main router, since a linux server handles that for the network. I don't seem to need any VLAN configuration on the managed switch.
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    Asus rt-ax88u-pro mesh wired ethernet issues

    Yeah, I'd tried the WAN port earlier, but it wouldn't pass any traffic. Not sure why. I do have a manged switch, so perhaps something weird was going on with that.
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    Asus rt-ax88u-pro mesh wired ethernet issues

    Finally got it working. Had to use the WAN port on the mesh nodes, and also had to select "1G WAN first" as the backhaul connection priority.
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    Asus rt-ax88u-pro mesh wired ethernet issues

    I've tried multiple ports on the ax88u-pro's switch, but no difference. With the latency issues that crop up, it doesn't settle.
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    Asus rt-ax88u-pro mesh wired ethernet issues

    I haven't tried it as just a second AP with a different SSID. Nothing else has the same IP address, although the router uses the same MAC address for both internal and external interfaces, and there is another host on the network that can see both subnets. This was the same as before with the...
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    Asus rt-ax88u-pro mesh wired ethernet issues

    I just rebuilt my home wireless with new hardware. All firmware is standard Asus. The main device is an RT-AX88U-Pro, and I've tried two different mesh devices: RT-AX88U and RT-AX1800S. Either of those devices can be added as mesh nodes and run fine with wireless backhaul, but as soon as I...
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