I need to make a change on my HAP AC LITE, from the standard VLAN configuration to allow LAN AND DTD traffic on port 5 that already supports DTD on this port 5. The purpose is that I have a 26 port smart switch that is configured for all my nodes with LAN ports configured for each node,
simular to the Aredn Docs for the Netgear GS108E. I know my switch is configured correctly as when I plug a node (not the HAP) into a configure node port, the configured LAN ports all work as expected.
I have tried different configurations myself without success. I've logged into the HAP AC via SSH, change folders to /etc/aredn_include and vim swconfig. I am not sure why I cant get it working, as I know (I believe from other posts, that the DTD port 5 of the HAP is referenced as "1" in the config. The standard configuration is:
Can anyone help as to the correct configuration for this to work? Help would be much appreciated!
Joe-AA3JC
simular to the Aredn Docs for the Netgear GS108E. I know my switch is configured correctly as when I plug a node (not the HAP) into a configure node port, the configured LAN ports all work as expected.
I have tried different configurations myself without success. I've logged into the HAP AC via SSH, change folders to /etc/aredn_include and vim swconfig. I am not sure why I cant get it working, as I know (I believe from other posts, that the DTD port 5 of the HAP is referenced as "1" in the config. The standard configuration is:
config switch
option name 'switch0'
option reset '1'
option enable_vlan '1'
config switch_vlan
option device 'switch0'
option vlan '1'
option ports '4 3 2 1 0t'
config switch_vlan
option device 'switch0'
option vlan '2'
option ports '1t 0t'
Can anyone help as to the correct configuration for this to work? Help would be much appreciated!
Joe-AA3JC
Please tell us more about the needed configuration of your devices. Are you having trouble connecting the HAP to the smart switch with your other nodes?
It sounds like you might be asking too much from our little HAP ac lite. I discourage people from customizing the HAP node if you intend to be part of a larger mesh network, as a single mis-configured node can hurt overall network performance.
Let me give you an example. A user put in a HAP ac lite in a remote location instead of a switch, but split port 5 using a dumb switch and connected 2 beams and a sector as DTD devices supplied by a separate PoE injector system. He left each device using the stock 5 host direct DHCP mode. Actually, no LAN devices were installed. It was a very clean and professional looking installation.
Well, the RF performance of each node looked fine, but the station (with DHCP host conflicts) had terrible delays and routing problems which affected the whole network. Traceroutes revealed these DTD devices were the issue. In this case, the HAP really needed to be replaced by a smart VLAN switch.
The way I consider the HAP ac lite device is that it is a turnkey, all in one device that does many things but not everything.
The HAP allows people to easily get on the mesh with a tunnel, access the WAN through port 1, offer a part 15 wifi bridge access point for LAN devices, power a Single external node via port 5, and connect to other mesh devices through RF on either 5 or 2.4 GHz. It can handle 3 wired LAN connections and 29 total direct host DHCP addresses. It requires no programming of VLANs from the user.
Out of the box, it is "interoperable," meaning you may bring a stock AREDN firmware HAP to any location or mesh network and it should work as expected. It may also be replaced in an emergency with another stock HAP.
So if you tell us how you would like to put a stock HAP ac lite on your network, there are many here who have experience with smart switches and VLANs.
73,
Brett, KG7GDB
Willamette Valley Mesh Network
I changed the config of Vlan port 5 to allow untagged traffic from vlan 1 but nothing changed on the netgear switch to allow lan devices to get an IP address from the HAP. I dont know if I need to change the vlan tagging in the Netgear to allow the tagged vlan 1 traffic to the netgear switch on the associated lan ports.