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When you go to wireless log, what signal strength do you have for the IOT devices?

The ipv6 GUI bug of RT-BE92U has been fixed! This evening I upgraded my router to 3006.102.7_2. Previously when you connected to the GUI using the host name (like: 'https://router.home') you would actually connect using ipv6 - because it would resolve to both ipv4 and ipv6 and the browser would...

You will soon see products that are produced in China, except mounting the antennas or some screws, then a US worker in Texas mounts that and voila: Made in USA! It's not as simple as your administration thinks.

What if you hover the port icons on the main page?

I use My RT-BE92U as main router, then I use my BT10 as ACCESS POINT, no AiMesh, that way they don't have to be compatible at all. Just an idea.

Come on guys, give some details, especially: What router and what firmware do you have? Also some examples from the log!

You have to set up VLAN id on the device(s) connected to that lan port. If the device doesn't support that, you are out of luck. Here a device can be an access point. You then create a guest network with that LAN id.

Hehe, if you have that many devices, simply take the main power off and on, much faster ;) I'm a big fan of the K.I.S.S. strategy (Keep It Stupidly Simple).

The most effective in that situation (changing the network or ip addresses) is to simply cut the power to those devices, wait a little and turn them on again. The thing is that once a device has got an ip address from DHCP it actually OWNS that ip address for the period of the lease time and...

That is only partly true. As I said, if you can set a VLAN id in the device's settings, you are good to go, no additional hardware required. This is actually how it works in my network: The access point controls the wireless isolation and sets the VLAN id. Now on the router I also create an...

That is quite common after a firmware update and should be 'respected' - meaning let it run for about half an hour, then (after the CPU has settled down) perform a reboot and you're good to go.

That's correct, but for completement: If you can set VLAN id on a device (wired or not) then you can connect that to the guest network with the same VLAN id so you can get VLAN on a port, if the device supports it (most IOT devices do not). But what you heard about BT10's wi-fi is true, mine...

Oh, there's still hope for you then 😀

II stand corrected (just tested with phone on isolated network, can't ping it). Well, the reason for my confusion is that my phone (on main network) can communicate with my IOT devices, but now I realize that they actually use the internet to do that.

Yes, that is the point of having an isolated guest network: Devices on isolated network can't reach you main network, devices on main network can reach isolated network. Both networks can reach the internet.