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TL;DR
When my AppleTV is connected to the switch and it puts load on the network, other ethernet devices connected to the switch experience packet loss to/from my NAS that's connected directly to the router, but only against the NAS, not other devices. If the switch is bypassed or if the AppleTV uses WiFI this does not happen, also other devices putting load on the network does not cause packet loss, only when the AppleTV does it.
Is the switch faulty or are there any other possible issues?
Longer version:
This is my network setup:
Router: RT-AC68U with 384.16 merlin, with 2.4GHz/5Ghz enabled
All devices connected to the switch will get dropped packets if they ping the NAS whenever the AppleTV (also connected to the switch) puts load on the network. If the AppleTV start playing a 720p/1080p video over the local network (from the NAS via the PlexServer), if it's streaming using Netflix, or if the AppleTV does an internet speed test, other devices connected to the switch will experience packet drops when they ping the NAS. Pinging any other device on the network at the same time is unaffected. If another device (e.g. my workstation) put load on the network the network is unaffected, it's only load from the AppleTV that causes the issue. If I SSH to the NAS and ping the workstation I get similar packet drops, so it goes both ways.
If the AppleTV connects through WiFi instead of the switch the issues are gone, also if I bypass the switch completely with the devices connected directly to the router there are no issues either.
So to summarize:
- Only issues when the AppleTV put load on the network and is connected to the switch.
- Only devices connected to the switch have issues with the NAS.
- Only connection/ping to/from the NAS is affected, no issues connecting to other devices.
- If the switch is removed and connecting directly to the router, there are no issues between devices.
- I've tried different ports on the router, NAS and the switch.
- I've tried 4-5 different cables.
- All ethernet connected devices have manually assigned IP addresses.
- It does not appear to be any IP conflicts on the network.
Is the switch the likely cause or could it be something else?
If it wasn't for the NAS being the only device I have issues to/from I would assume it was the switch that is faulty. But I find it strange that the AppleTV and the switch causes problems to/from a devices that's connected directly to the router and that other devices connected the same way or using the same port/cables are problem free.
TL;DR
When my AppleTV is connected to the switch and it puts load on the network, other ethernet devices connected to the switch experience packet loss to/from my NAS that's connected directly to the router, but only against the NAS, not other devices. If the switch is bypassed or if the AppleTV uses WiFI this does not happen, also other devices putting load on the network does not cause packet loss, only when the AppleTV does it.
Is the switch faulty or are there any other possible issues?
Longer version:
This is my network setup:
Router: RT-AC68U with 384.16 merlin, with 2.4GHz/5Ghz enabled
- WAN port connected
- Ethernet port 1: PiServer with HomeAssistant and UniFi Controller
- Ethernet port 2: Synology Diskstation DS414, DSM 6.2.2-24922 Update 4
- Ethernet port 3: MacMini 2010 running Plex Server
- Ethernet port 4: Switch TP-Link TL-SG108 (unmanaged)
- Workstation (iMac)
- AppleTV 4k
- UniFi AP-AC-Pro, version 4.0.80.10875
- 5 x Unused network outlets in various rooms
All devices connected to the switch will get dropped packets if they ping the NAS whenever the AppleTV (also connected to the switch) puts load on the network. If the AppleTV start playing a 720p/1080p video over the local network (from the NAS via the PlexServer), if it's streaming using Netflix, or if the AppleTV does an internet speed test, other devices connected to the switch will experience packet drops when they ping the NAS. Pinging any other device on the network at the same time is unaffected. If another device (e.g. my workstation) put load on the network the network is unaffected, it's only load from the AppleTV that causes the issue. If I SSH to the NAS and ping the workstation I get similar packet drops, so it goes both ways.
If the AppleTV connects through WiFi instead of the switch the issues are gone, also if I bypass the switch completely with the devices connected directly to the router there are no issues either.
So to summarize:
- Only issues when the AppleTV put load on the network and is connected to the switch.
- Only devices connected to the switch have issues with the NAS.
- Only connection/ping to/from the NAS is affected, no issues connecting to other devices.
- If the switch is removed and connecting directly to the router, there are no issues between devices.
- I've tried different ports on the router, NAS and the switch.
- I've tried 4-5 different cables.
- All ethernet connected devices have manually assigned IP addresses.
- It does not appear to be any IP conflicts on the network.
Is the switch the likely cause or could it be something else?
If it wasn't for the NAS being the only device I have issues to/from I would assume it was the switch that is faulty. But I find it strange that the AppleTV and the switch causes problems to/from a devices that's connected directly to the router and that other devices connected the same way or using the same port/cables are problem free.
