Switch causing network issues. Assistance required please.

[BurningHorizons]

Hi. I've recently installed a Nova MW6 mesh wifi system at home that is working perfectly, however I wish to use its Ethernet backhaul capabilities. I've hooked up the MW6 satellite nodes to a managed Netgear GS110TP v2, however when I do this, it causes the whole network to stop working - both MW6 wireless and other wired connections cease. Through lots of trial and error I thought the MW6's might be to blame, and I was on the verge of sending them back, however I swapped out the switch for a simple Netgear unmanaged switch and the network stays up and the MW6's work perfectly with backhaul enabled. I tried another simple TP-Link switch and that works just fine too. Now I don't use the managed capabilities of GS110TP but I do need its PoE capabilities, so I can't just use one of the other simple switches in its place unfortunately. Can you think of what could be causing the GS110TP to go awry? Could there be a setting (and there are many!) that I need to change? Any assistance appreciated. TIA.

 

[BurningHorizons]

Thanks Chris. I can see that Spanning Tree State option is currently disabled, with STP, RSTP and MSTP as option. I'll have a play around with the settings this evening - as my wife is currently working I don't want to bring the network down! I'll report back later. Cheers.

 

[BurningHorizons]

Mrs popped out for lunch and I'm now working with the GS110TP thanks to both of you. I enabled Spanning Tree State and RSTP in global settings and then individually enabled it on the two ports that the MW6's are connected to. I left everything else at default. No issues so far. Thank you.