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    Orbi system - Faulty LAN / switching design

    As a workaround, I wired the satellites which solved at least this problem . Eventually I just ended up switching to TP Link Omada since I had done the wiring anyway - Significantly better performance esp with roaming… and no random bugs or performance drops either
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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.1.33SF-HW & v. 9.2.5.1.34SF-HW

    Yes, it is plugged to the WAN port. To re-clarify, The problem is not voxel. It's just that I had hoped that Voxel would fix it. It's also something other users with 2sat+1 router setup have reported (added some links to bottom) The issue originally started over a year ago when I added a 2nd...
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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.1.33SF-HW & v. 9.2.5.1.34SF-HW

    So the LAN-LAN comm issue seems to have started in AP mode also after a power cycle today Let me explain a bit 192.168.5.1 - Router (ER-X) 192.168.5.5 - RBS20 192.168.5.6 - RBS50 (Voxel) 192.168.5.7 - RBR50 (Voxel) Both satellites are on wireless backhaul, no daisy chain Now let's say I...
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    How bad is it to daisy chain multiple switches on a home network?

    I have a home network with a little over 75 device although most of them are IoT devices The average traffic flow is somewhat higher than a typical home especially LAN traffic. While most areas in the house can work with wireless alone (3X orbi, all wireless backhaul) - 3 sections do need wired...
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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.1.33SF-HW & v. 9.2.5.1.34SF-HW

    I switched Orbi to Router mode out of curiosity Internet performance on devices seemed to about the same but after 24 hours, I flipped it back to AP It seemed to be causing some random issues - mostly LAN-LAN communication related e.g. devices that I had disabled from Internet access (IP...
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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.1.33SF-HW & v. 9.2.5.1.34SF-HW

    It does have a web interface that is sufficient for most config tasks. If yours is a especially complicated setup then some finagling on the CLI may be needed but not otherwise. Outgoing DNS and fixed IP addresses - yes PoE - my model doesn’t but i think there is a PoE variant as well
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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.1.33SF-HW & v. 9.2.5.1.34SF-HW

    I personally use the Ubqiuiti ER-X - as I needed something that supports gbe and dual WAN. While it was a little tricky to setup initially, it has been extremely reliable since.
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    Wireless router with dual wan

    yeah, thats the one
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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.1.33SF-HW & v. 9.2.5.1.34SF-HW

    That was my thought process as well. However the Orbi original firmware is a bit wonky - and I used to get recurrent LAN issues with the original FW It makes me wonder if the Orbi will do a better job at managing everything if it’s also responsible for maintaining the routing tables and...
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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.1.33SF-HW & v. 9.2.5.1.34SF-HW

    A quick question for other voxel users Is there any difference in performance in router mode vs AP mode? Currently i have an ER-X working as a router and the Orbi in AP mode. I can of course eliminate the ER-X from the chain but have set it up this way with the assumption that the reduced CPU...
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    Wireless router with dual wan

    a very cost effective option would be Ubiquiti ER-X throughput is pretty close to a 1000mbps at a fraction of the cost of the peplink You of course would need separate wireless APs with it though
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    Wireless router with dual wan

    alternatively, get a wired dual wan router (where there are plenty of choices) and connect your existing router to it in AP mode
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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.1.33SF-HW & v. 9.2.5.1.34SF-HW

    There was no attempt to TFTP Voxel. All three TFTP uploads were the stock 2.5.1.16 fw. It’s probably worth pointing out that the router continued to be in AP mode after each TFTP (surprising) - so that would make me guess that the orbi stores its config on a partition that is unaffected during a...
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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.1.33SF-HW & v. 9.2.5.1.34SF-HW

    No, the router was updated to 2.5.1.16 with existing settings. The first attempt to install voxel resulted in a soft brick with pulsing white LED and no response on ports / no SSID broadcast. The next attempt was made after a TFTP recovery to 2.5.1.16 which yielded same result What finally...
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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.1.33SF-HW & v. 9.2.5.1.34SF-HW

    Just an update that the firmware update for RBS50 and RBR50 went fine - RBS20 on stock connects fine to Voxel RBR50 1 question and a PSA: My iPerf3 speeds on the 5ghz front haul seem to have dropped somewhat. An iPerf3 server on the LAN that used to hit 900+ on wired and 400+ mbps on wireless...
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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.1.33SF-HW & v. 9.2.5.1.34SF-HW

    Thank you so much for confirming - I will go ahead and do this today evening.. On a side note, if you have some spare time, can you please take a look at this thread Orbi system - Faulty LAN / switching design This issue has had me stumped for many years now
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    Orbi system - Faulty LAN / switching design

    Issue - Orbi system with 2 satellites (R1, S1, S2) will randomly drop LAN communication between segments. e.g. devices connected to S1 (both wired/wireless) won't be able to ping devices on S2 (or vice versa) or sometimes devices on S2 won't be able to ping devices on R1 and vice versa All...
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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.1.33SF-HW & v. 9.2.5.1.34SF-HW

    I have a RBR50 with a RBS50 and a RBS20 as satellites. Would the setup still work with Voxel on the Orbi RBR 50 and RBS 50 while leaving the RBS20 on stock ?(Given that Voxel is not available for the Orbi 20 series)
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    Wired APs - Handoff problem. Should I try a mesh setup or are there better alternatives?

    Not very sure if that is entirely true Here is an excerpt from a recent article on SNB itself Problem is that technical (or practical/real-life) info on how mesh systems get around the sticky client problem at the AP level (without relying entirely on the client) is hard to find. Given mesh...
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    Wired APs - Handoff problem. Should I try a mesh setup or are there better alternatives?

    Haha..I guess all the marketing spiel finally got me... What I meant was that I remember reading somewhere that mesh wifi APs use some sort of internal voodoo to kick a stubborn client off the distant AP so that it can reattach to the close one .. Kind of similar to band steering on regular...
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