on 29-11-2021 15:44
Hello forum members,
I'm trying to solve an issue and hope you could help.
July 2021 - I changed my Hub 3 to be in Modem mode and use with Deco Mesh set-up. Everything works well as all devices only connect to WiFi. Something like this Coax cable-> Hub3 (Modem mode) -> Deco Mesh
Nov 2021 - I wanted to get some devices connected through LAN (for various reasons). I got a TPLink 8 port unmanaged switch and trying to connect in the architecture as below.
Coax cable-> Hub3 (Modem mode) -> Network switch -> Deco Mesh + LAN cables.
In the above set-up my Mesh still works well but the LAN cables pretends to give some internet. The lights on the devices (green and yellow) blink but none of the devices identify and connect to the network.
I have tried to remove the mesh to see if that was the problem but it did not. May be I'm not getting the basic of Router and Modem mode and would that be the cause? I can go back to router mode but wondering if there is something fundamentally wrong here.
Thanks for all your valuable response,
Gnans
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on 29-11-2021 15:47
No. The switch needs to be after the first Deco. So Hub - Deco - Switch - LAN
It will not work otherwise.
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on 29-11-2021 15:47
No. The switch needs to be after the first Deco. So Hub - Deco - Switch - LAN
It will not work otherwise.
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on 29-11-2021 15:50
Ah interesting, I will re-wire them and update the progress here. Thanks for the super quick response.
on 29-11-2021 16:11
on 29-11-2021 18:50
Solution - As marked above. This works when I swapped the Deco and N/W switch position.
Something for me to research though if the Switch will now work as a proper gigabit etc.
on 29-11-2021 18:56
If it is a gigabit switch then it will work. Just make sure you are using good Cat 6 cables.
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