Cisco WAP 571 Oddness.

[coxhaus]

These problems can be elusive. Just think if you had thousands of switches the fun you could have.

Of course at this point I would not mix brands it is hard enough to mix models of the same brand.

 

[jasons6930]

Yeah it's more frustration than anything else!

Must admit, i have been looking at the 581, but i'm not sure if i really want to stick with Cisco TBH.

I have had the Unifi AP's in the past and they were 'ok'.

If this doesn't get sorted i might give them another try with one of their HD models.

One last thing i am going to try is resetting the Ciscos back to factory and starting again.

Although, that won't be easy at the moment due to having the family here 24/7!

 

[coxhaus]

Which Engenius AP model you looking at? The ECW230 looks like a new model. It may have faster hardware in it. I don't know if I am real crazy about cloud support but I am old and not real comfort with putting everything out on the cloud. I have been firewalling too many years. It might make for easy site support from afar.

I know about family issues. My wife is on every day multiple times day on faceTime or Zoom and I want to change out my Cisco layer 3 switch. I am just waiting.

I just looked up the Cisco WAP571 AP. It has been out since March of 2016. It is over 4 years old does not have AC wave 2. I guess the real question is worth buying now or waiting for 6E?

PS
It looks like Engenius has a non-cloud version also. The EWS377AP.

 

[Trip]

Jason, not your fault, but it appears you've changed up your topology a few times in the course of trying to troubleshoot. Could you reiterate precisely how everything is wired, as of now? And/or quickly draw and upload a topology map, if that's easier? Would make troubleshooting you a fair bit easier. Then we can get into possible replacement wireless gear, if it's warranted.

 

[coxhaus]

Trip he changed his switches up again and it started working again. So it is something he is doing. It might be an incompatibility with some of the hardware but I would guess it is the way he is plugging in the wires and the end result.

 

[Trip]

I was thinking along those lines. Perhaps if he's done enough to "fix" the issue, then re-analyzing is a moot point.

 

[coxhaus]

Agreed.

 

[jasons6930]

Hi guys,

Really sorry for the delayed reply!

Well, for some reason, it is all working fine again!

When TV watching had finished, i left it overnight (for the TV box to auto-standy), next morning opened the app and it all now works flawlessly.

Before that everything was plugged back into the ER as before, however i did this while it was powered off so that when it was switched back on, it would sort out everything whilst it was initialising.

The AP's were also rebooted when i fired up the ER.

So with that, so far so good, and I would just like to thank you guys for your assistance, it is appreciated!

Just a shame i couldn't give a proper answer.

Stay safe!