I have two XT8s, one is the primary router and one is connected by ethernet as a mesh node. That all works fine.
However I've noticed both the primary and mesh node have 3 LAN ports, and anything I connect on those ports cant talk to each other. They can talk to wireless clients just fine, and anything on the other node. But the three LAN ports on one device have no crosstalk. On my primary XT8 I had a computer plugged in to one LAN port and an HD-Homerun streaming device plugged in to another. it took me days of troubleshooting only to realize, if I plugged the devices into a random gigabit switch, and then plugged the switch into XT8, everything was fine. Everybody could talk to everybody.
Now the same thing is happening with the mesh node, I have a computer plugged into one LAN port, I tried to plug a printer to the other LAN port and no crosstalk. If I unplug the computer and connect via Wifi instead, no issues, printer hooks right up.
So what the hell? I dont want to buy a bunch of switches and cables just to enable crosstalk. Why on earth wont these LAN ports talk to each other?
However I've noticed both the primary and mesh node have 3 LAN ports, and anything I connect on those ports cant talk to each other. They can talk to wireless clients just fine, and anything on the other node. But the three LAN ports on one device have no crosstalk. On my primary XT8 I had a computer plugged in to one LAN port and an HD-Homerun streaming device plugged in to another. it took me days of troubleshooting only to realize, if I plugged the devices into a random gigabit switch, and then plugged the switch into XT8, everything was fine. Everybody could talk to everybody.
Now the same thing is happening with the mesh node, I have a computer plugged into one LAN port, I tried to plug a printer to the other LAN port and no crosstalk. If I unplug the computer and connect via Wifi instead, no issues, printer hooks right up.
So what the hell? I dont want to buy a bunch of switches and cables just to enable crosstalk. Why on earth wont these LAN ports talk to each other?