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2865ac Mesh - is it functional?
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25 May 2021 17:23 #13
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Replied by pharcyder on topic Re: 2865ac Mesh - is it functional?
Mesh is probably the wrong word. To set the scene I have a 2865 in my living room connected to a symmetrical gigabit connection. I have a garden home office (aka Garden Retreat ![:D :D](/media/kunena/emoticons/1.png)
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I've run a cat5e cable from my garden to inside my Dining Room but I cannot run it direct to the living room. I need a WiFi access point to plug the network cable into and then to bridge the last 5 meters to the 2865 via WiFi.
Living Room < WiFi> to Dining Room <cat5e> to Garden Retreat AP903 providing Wireless Services + ethernet to my Desktop.
So yes Mesh is the wrong word for sure. Extending my network to the Garden is a better description. This setup works great using my Apple Airports. Other than them being old, as I now have a vlans on the 2865 (trusted, untrusted and guest), I want to extend out to the Garden.
![:D :D](/media/kunena/emoticons/1.png)
I've run a cat5e cable from my garden to inside my Dining Room but I cannot run it direct to the living room. I need a WiFi access point to plug the network cable into and then to bridge the last 5 meters to the 2865 via WiFi.
Living Room < WiFi> to Dining Room <cat5e> to Garden Retreat AP903 providing Wireless Services + ethernet to my Desktop.
So yes Mesh is the wrong word for sure. Extending my network to the Garden is a better description. This setup works great using my Apple Airports. Other than them being old, as I now have a vlans on the 2865 (trusted, untrusted and guest), I want to extend out to the Garden.
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25 May 2021 23:05 #14
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Well guess who just spend all evening trying to get a basic 1 node wireless mesh working and failed. I've never seen anything like it :shock:
Figured I did something wrong I factory reset the 903 and reset the Mesh on the 2865 (deleting the 903 from the 2865).
Unless this is not how you're supposed to set them up, it just doesn't work! I haven't even got to the part that I bought them for which was to put the different SSIDs on dedicated vlans to isolate trusted/untrusted devices yet.
Bitterly disappointed. 2865 and 903 both on the latest firmware.
Am I doing something wrong or am I now just suffering like all the other threads on the board?
Figured I did something wrong I factory reset the 903 and reset the Mesh on the 2865 (deleting the 903 from the 2865).
Unless this is not how you're supposed to set them up, it just doesn't work! I haven't even got to the part that I bought them for which was to put the different SSIDs on dedicated vlans to isolate trusted/untrusted devices yet.
Bitterly disappointed. 2865 and 903 both on the latest firmware.
Am I doing something wrong or am I now just suffering like all the other threads on the board?
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26 May 2021 07:49 #15
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Replied by j1mbo on topic Re: 2865ac Mesh - is it functional?
Unfortunately this is what I found and logged with Draytek under ticket #DQ746129.
I would suggest logging a ticket and referencing the above, but probably using something like the mesh 3-pack from BT or Deco M5 would be your best bet IMHO
I would suggest logging a ticket and referencing the above, but probably using something like the mesh 3-pack from BT or Deco M5 would be your best bet IMHO
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26 May 2021 08:13 #16
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Replied by piste basher on topic Re: 2865ac Mesh - is it functional?
Mesh status being shown as amber with no config sync was one of the problems I had with my 2927ac root - support were very helpful and sent me an RC firmware (now incorporated in 4.2.4 for the 2927) which cured that problem.
As suggested above, see if support can help before giving up !
As suggested above, see if support can help before giving up !
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26 May 2021 14:30 #17
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I've spent 2hrs with 1st and 2nd line Draytek support today. They were able to see the issue but unable to fix.
We loaded on 4.3.1RC4 onto my 2865ac and added the 903 back as a Wireless node. Now it doesn't drop on/off the Mesh every 60 seconds....but its still not in a sync ready state so still unusable .
Incidentally we tried adding the 903 as a wired mesh node and this worked first time and went sync ready within 60 seconds. It just doesn't work as a Wireless node.
Support have taken the config of my 2865ac to reproduce in their labs for the next steps.
Edit: Was sent 4.3.1RC5 to install. Sadly, same problem
We loaded on 4.3.1RC4 onto my 2865ac and added the 903 back as a Wireless node. Now it doesn't drop on/off the Mesh every 60 seconds....but its still not in a sync ready state so still unusable .
Incidentally we tried adding the 903 as a wired mesh node and this worked first time and went sync ready within 60 seconds. It just doesn't work as a Wireless node.
Support have taken the config of my 2865ac to reproduce in their labs for the next steps.
Edit: Was sent 4.3.1RC5 to install. Sadly, same problem
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27 May 2021 16:07 #18
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Been sent 4.3.1RC6 to install. Sadly, same problem
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