Odd TP-Link 'Eco-system' Issue - Mesh + Switch + Router

  • Thread starter Thread starter Deleted User 298457
  • Start date Start date

Deleted User 298457

Deleted User 298457

Hi guys,

Has anyone any experience of this?

I have a TP Link Archer C80. I added a TP Link AC1900 Mesh hot spot. I'm pretty anal about DHCP reservations as I like to know precisely what is on the network and have my own numbering scheme. I therefore use the admin console all the time. It has been rock solid for months.

Yesterday I added a TP-Link LS1005G 5-Port Gigabit switch. Nothing crazy, I just needed some additional ports. I put into the 5-port switch my Hive and Hue.

I then was able to plug in my Raspberry Pi and run AdGuard. AdGuard for what's worth is running super quick, very responsive and doing its job well. Everything else on the network "seems fine".

I wanted to do a quick reboot of the router and this is where the funny's happened. My WiFi connected but it connected to the mesh directly. The default gateway was the IP of the mesh device. Odd. I switched off the AC1900 and then rebooted the router - phew back to normal. I put this down to an odd side effect but explainable (mesh conflict).

However, the big prevailing issue is that the Archer user interface is now horrendously slow. And features like "connected clients" on the home screen just simply doesn't load.

tGjZHaO.png

Notice how Clients is just a blank yellow circle - normally it would say how many are connected.

Is there a way to check if there is something odd going on, on the network itself? I guess I could fire up wireshark? I assume it isn't an odd thing to do - add more TP Link devices!

Any offers of help appreciated.
 
I have a very similar setup right now minus the pi. I let everything assigned by DHCP tho. Not anal enough :p ax73 and re405 or something.

Mines flawless/as it was when first connected.
The mesh things always annoying when rebooting the main router everything in range will desperately switch to the extender/booster.

Is it still super slow if you take off pi?
You said it was fine before the reboot..

Hmm sorry no help. I guess you gonna have to physically disconnect a few things see if that helps.

Actually 2nd thoughts check hue hub is working. Mine frequently says it's unreachable when connected in a 5 port switch. I had to give it a port I. The router to shut it up.

Might causes issues?

Says nothing in logfile?
 
Thanks @Efour. It was the reminder I needed on how to trouble shoot (its been a while!).

I isolated everything I touched and it is still slow as sin. Perhaps I have saturated the device? Software bug? Who knows.

Actual network performance is OK and devices connect merrily to the router though, so real life isn't impacted. Just the admin console of the archer and the mesh device!

Log file doesn't seem crazy:

66 WARNING 0days, 00:20:07, [dhcps]Lease host name not found.

67 INFO 0days, 00:20:07, [dhcps]Send ACK to 192.168.0.100.

68 WARNING 0days, 00:23:50, [dhcps]IP(C0A8002A) not in dhcp pool or equal to server ip, ignore!!!

69 INFO 0days, 00:23:50, [dhcps]Send OFFER with ip 192.168.0.42.

70 INFO 0days, 00:23:51, [dhcps]Send ACK to 192.168.0.42.

71 INFO 0days, 00:24:42, [dhcps]Lease host name not found.

72 INFO 0days, 00:24:42, [dhcps]Send OFFER with ip 192.168.0.100.

73 WARNING 0days, 00:24:42, [dhcps]Lease host name not found.

74 INFO 0days, 00:24:42, [dhcps]Send ACK to 192.168.0.100.

75 WARNING 0days, 00:25:11, [dhcps]IP(C0A80028) not in dhcp pool or equal to server ip, ignore!!!


I do see lots of those in bold.
 
Back
Top Bottom