Release Zenwifi XT8 Firmware 3.0.0.4.386.41793

[OzarkEdge]

- System Ethernet backhaul mode, all nodes will only connect by ethernet, and all bands can release for wireless clients.

Does this mean that the wireless backhaul does not work anymore??

Yes, subject to the nuance of various models and firmware.

OE

 

[Amarokada]

You can still use wireless backhaul, and select the priority. I'm having to use Auto for now (even though the ethernet is connected) because of the LLDP issue with network switches in the path.

 

[OzarkEdge]

You can still use wireless backhaul, and select the priority. I'm having to use Auto for now (even though the ethernet is connected) because of the LLDP issue with network switches in the path.

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Is your Ethernet Backhaul Mode setting enabled?

OE

 

[Amarokada]

No it wasn't, because I couldn't turn that on while the ethernet (lan to wan) backhaul isn't working across switches.

I brought the satellite ASUS downstairs and plugged it directly into the base ASUS (lan on base to wan on satellite), then of course the ethernet backhaul worked ok and I was able to switch that permanently on under the system settings tab.

I took the unit upstairs again (where it's the other side of 2 HP Procurve switches) and turned it back on. I would get 3-5 pings from it after a minute or so but then it stopped pinging, and I couldn't reach it at all. I tried turning off the LLDP setting on the switch ports on the procurves and even removed my trunk between them so I was just using a flat vlan 1 on all ports. No combination of turning LLDP off on the 4 switch ports involved seemed to help. Fairly sure I need to tunnel LLDP between the source and destination ports and across the switches, and I don't think that's possible on these old switches.

So I'm back to auto mode where it uses the 5Ghz to create the mesh. Super unhappy about this since the last firmware worked fine over the ethernet across the 2 switches.

 

[OzarkEdge]

No it wasn't, because I couldn't turn that on while the ethernet (lan to wan) backhaul isn't working across switches.

I brought the satellite ASUS downstairs and plugged it directly into the base ASUS (lan on base to wan on satellite), then of course the ethernet backhaul worked ok and I was able to switch that permanently on under the system settings tab.

I took the unit upstairs again (where it's the other side of 2 HP Procurve switches) and turned it back on. I would get 3-5 pings from it after a minute or so but then it stopped pinging, and I couldn't reach it at all. I tried turning off the LLDP setting on the switch ports on the procurves and even removed my trunk between them so I was just using a flat vlan 1 on all ports. No combination of turning LLDP off on the 4 switch ports involved seemed to help. Fairly sure I need to tunnel LLDP between the source and destination ports and across the switches, and I don't think that's possible on these old switches.

So I'm back to auto mode where it uses the 5Ghz to create the mesh. Super unhappy about this since the last firmware worked fine over the ethernet across the 2 switches.

That's fine. I was only trying to understand your post. So yes, wireless backhaul works as long as Ethernet Backhaul Mode is not enabled... that's as it should be.

As for your switch issue, a cheap switch would probably fix it, or wait for the next firmware release to try. If you have an old router laying around, you could disable the router bits and try running your Ethernet backhaul through its switch.

OE

 

[rsnhakan]

I’ll stick with the old firmware. Everything works perfect! I use wireless backhaul for the mesh setting and this band is also available for devices. Super fast. Is the XT8 still tri-band? Or did they combine the two 5GHz bands?

 

[rsnhakan]

Does anyone have any idea if I can turn off 2.4GHz Wifi and only use 5GHz in Mesh Mode?

 

[L&LD]

Yes, you can.