Hi everyone,
It is my first time playing with VLANs and so far I'm not that much successful!
So I have a TP-Link TL-SG108PE switch. I've been looking at this page (https://www.arednmesh.org/content/tp-link-tl-sg108e-network-switch) to start with a basic configuration but it doesn't seems to be right (nothing works). So far you can see below what VLANs I have configured:
Ports 1-4 are POE and reserved for nodes. Ports 5-7 are LAN ports for devices. Port 8 will be WAN connection in selected locations otherwise will be LAN.
I will set a third and fourth node up to check if I can reach the nodes via radio and validate that VLAN 2 is properly working.
So far when I connect my laptop to ports 5-7, I can get to the node's configuration page on port 1 BUT I can't get to the node's configuration page on port 2... I made few tests, but I am a bit lost.
There is also PVID that I know nothing about and I suspect it maybe another problem...
I have to test VLAN 1 With only 1&8 as members... tomorrow maybe!
If someone have a solution and/or simple learning resources, I am ready to take everything you can throw!
Thanks,
VA2XJM
It is my first time playing with VLANs and so far I'm not that much successful!
So I have a TP-Link TL-SG108PE switch. I've been looking at this page (https://www.arednmesh.org/content/tp-link-tl-sg108e-network-switch) to start with a basic configuration but it doesn't seems to be right (nothing works). So far you can see below what VLANs I have configured:
Ports 1-4 are POE and reserved for nodes. Ports 5-7 are LAN ports for devices. Port 8 will be WAN connection in selected locations otherwise will be LAN.
I will set a third and fourth node up to check if I can reach the nodes via radio and validate that VLAN 2 is properly working.
So far when I connect my laptop to ports 5-7, I can get to the node's configuration page on port 1 BUT I can't get to the node's configuration page on port 2... I made few tests, but I am a bit lost.
There is also PVID that I know nothing about and I suspect it maybe another problem...
I have to test VLAN 1 With only 1&8 as members... tomorrow maybe!
If someone have a solution and/or simple learning resources, I am ready to take everything you can throw!
Thanks,
VA2XJM
I recently configured a TS-SG108E for a neighbor mesher.
I copied this setup:
https://www.arednmesh.org/content/gs108e-3-node-4-lan-1-wan
The omission a PVID configuration may cause your setup to fail.
I highly recommend copying the gs108e configuration if it suits your situation.
Else, I recommend configuring neighbor ports on the switch in the same VLAN.
e.g. port 1: node, port 2,3,4: LANs for node in port 1, port 5,6,7: nodes without a LAN,
port 8: WAN.
PVID:
Ports 1-4 11
Port 5 22
Port 6 33
Port 7 44
Port 8 1
To get to a screen on a node on port 2,3,4 you will need to select it from the /cgi-bin/mesh screen of the node on port 1.
Nodes on ports 2,3,4 will display as '(dtd)' linked.
I hope this helps,
Chuck
So I actually have 2 sector connected for tests. So ports 3 & 4 are not connected. In fact I try to make everything works if I only provide 1 sector antenna. If I go up and add a new antenna latter, I want it to works plug&play without the need to have a laptop to reconfigure, could it be a problem ? I make this to have a standard setup for the 3 actually planned sites.
Also, unless I put both antenna on same channel, they do not see each other via the switch, so there is a networking problem somewhere I guess:
(my bad. I can't keep up...). ;-)
After updating V2 device from last release to Nightly they are now seeing each other in DtD link! :)
Now I will make node 3 & 4 and use them to connect devices to test networking and ensure everything works well!
Thanks for your idea!