RT-AC5300 Link Aggregation problem

[davidology]

[Edit: There is a problem with the D-Link's firmware v 4.00.064 -- latest on the U.S. website right now. 4.10.004 fixes it]


I had LACP working flawlessly on my RT-AC5300 and my Netgear GS108Tv2 switch, but I recently upgraded the switch to the D-Link DGS-1210-20. I setup LACP on the ports plugged into the ASUS. When I plug both ports in, the D-Link sees both gigabit links, but the ASUS immediately stops communicating over to the switch. The ASUS shows:
Please enable Bonding (802.3ad) support of your wired client and connect it to Router LAN1 and LAN2.

Again, on the Netgear, this worked like a champ. The D-Link does have more configurable options, but I've tried setting it up as both Active & Passive, with both Long (90 second) and Short (3 second) timeouts. None of these settings seems to make a difference, so I put it back at the default (Active-long).

Any suggestions? I'd really like to get LA going again, but I'm a little over my skis here.

Thanks!
David

 

[TheManFromUncle]

Didn't know LAG was possible for that router. Where have you found information showing that it would work?

 

[davidology]

http://www.asus.com/us/support/FAQ/1016088/

It's under "LAN" then "Switching". Not many options on the ASUS (just enabled or disabled).

 

[hggomes]

You mean no options at all, LACP closed source code only supports LAYER2.

 

[davidology]

You mean no options at all, LACP closed source code only supports LAYER2.

The switch I'm connecting to is a Layer 2 switch. It allows me to choose Active/Passive, Short & Long, LACP or Static. I successfully used LACP w/ the NetGear switch. For some reason with the D-Link, it will show a successful link on both ports, but the Asus becomes completely unreachable, and it reports that LACP is not enabled.

 

[hggomes]

Maybe D-Link is LAYER2+3 or 3+4, will not work on ASUS.

 

[davidology]

Maybe D-Link is LAYER2+3 or 3+4, will not work on ASUS.

Thanks... and good timing. I'm actually on the phone with D-Link now, but the technician just confirmed that the DGS-1210 is L2 only. I've tried changing some of my port settings to see if that makes a difference, but so far no luck.

 

[hggomes]

Correct, layer2:

http://www.dlink.com/uk/en/business...itches/dgs-1210-series-gigabit-smart-switches

 

[davidology]

Apparently it's a firmware issue that's fixed in 4.10, but D-Link appears to take a very long time to publish firmware on its website. ugh