Poor wifi performance after upgrade of mesh system
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You need to check to see if that service is enabled for opt1. Login to PF sense in the top header under services. Click on DHCP server then click on opt1, click enable, go to the bottom of the page click save.
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Forgot to add that you will have to enter an available IP arrange it, then click save.
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@uglybrian said in Poor wifi performance after upgrade of mesh system:
You need to check to see if that service is enabled for opt1. Login to PF sense in the top header under services. Click on DHCP server then click on opt1, click enable, go to the bottom of the page click save.
That's what I mean. I checked that earlier, and OPT1 isn't one of my choices under Services>DHCP Server. When I go to that page, LAN is the only option, so it's automatically selected.
Do I see that even if I get it enabled, I would have to select a new IP range for OPT1, as in, it could not share the same range as what the LAN interface is already using? If so, then this isn't the way I want to go. I need my wired and wireless devices to be on the same subnet. It kinda defeats the purpose if the end up on separate networks.
Maybe this is why I had OPT1 disabled before....?
I was just hoping I could let the Deco (all my wireless stuff) be served by a separate interface, so that I could keep an eye on it visually, without having to futz with VLANs and such. I realize that's probably the better way to do it, but I tried once before and it got more complicated than I was ready for at the time. This just seemed like it would be a simple solution, but nothing ever is. lol -
@elmojo I only work part of the week.
Also you should be able to upload images directly into your comments - that would be helpful moving forward. -
@rcoleman-netgate OK. I haven't been able to get the upload directly option to work. I recall previously that I was told I had to upload images to a service and post the links, which is really annoying. I'd love to be able to just post them. I'll try again.
What would you like me to do next, to get this sorted out?
At the moment, I have the mesh plugged into my switch (served by the LAN interface), and it's working perfectly, but I would eventually like to have it served from OPT1 as described above, if possible. I do definitely need it to be on the same subnet as the rest of my network, though. If it will have to have a separate IP range from the LAN interface, that would be a deal breaker. -
@elmojo Why use OPT1 at all??
Just plug it into your switch and be done. -
@elmojo said in Poor wifi performance after upgrade of mesh system:
At the moment, I have the mesh plugged into my switch (served by the LAN interface), and it's working perfectly, but I would eventually like to have it served from OPT1 as described above, if possible. I do definitely need it to be on the same subnet as the rest of my network, though. If it will have to have a separate IP range from the LAN interface, that would be a deal breaker.
Are you planning on doing specific filtering/PBR or other routing on the MESH users? If not then keep it on the switch.
I do definitely need it to be on the same subnet as the rest of my network, though.
You won't get this on OPT. You will need to make a bridge interface and that's not a good idea. pfSense is a router, not a switch.
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@rcoleman-netgate Ok, I'll just leave it as-is and disable OPT1 again.
It's been a while, so I can't recall the specifics, but when I first set this thing up, someone recommended that I have my wired clients on LAN through the switch, and my wireless clients (via mesh) on OPT1. I was under the impression that it was running that way all this time, but it seems that wasn't the case.
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@elmojo It would be an additional network... you can have them that way but they're on different broadcast domains -- so things that require broadcast calls (like streaming devices, or backup solutions) don't work and require other tools to work like avahi.
I use VLANs and single interfaces and APs that support VLANs.
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I was stumbling over that thread here and want to give my "two cents" on top of that.
A real WiFi MESH network is using the HWMP (protocol)
to guaranty a good working together between the devices
with out no problems. "Some" vendors, as an example MikroTik, are setting up there own HWMP such HWMPplus
from MikroTik, so it is not compatible to any other or normal HWMP protocol and only there own hardware,
will work "nice" together. So if other vendors now also
do something like that, configuring out there own version
of the HWMP (protocol) it can be that then devices there
are not only from one vendor, getting problems out here.
