Cannot change default LAN or adopt by OC200

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Cannot change default LAN or adopt by OC200
Cannot change default LAN or adopt by OC200
2022-07-18 11:08:25
Model: ER7206 (TL-ER7206)  
Hardware Version: V1
Firmware Version: 1.2.1

I'm having real problems here. I'm trying to replace a router on a current existing network with an ER7206 so I can exploit the centralised Omada SDN management interface. The Omada simply won't adopt the gateway into the current network.

 

I think this is because the ER7206 is expecting mangagement on the 192.168.1.0 subnet VLAN 1, but the controller is on 192.168.100.0 subnet VLAN 10. I've managed to 'find' and adopt the gateway using the Omada, but the adoption fails, or appears to succeed but actually hasn't - when unplugging and replugging the gateway from the network it shows as disconnected from the OC200. I think the solution is to manually put the gateway onto IP 192.168.100.1 VLAN 10 in standalone mode prior to adoption, so that the Omada controller can find it again after adoption / provisioning. All of the provisioning info is already configured on the OC200.

 

Summary:

 

Controller: 192.168.100.0 subnet, VLAN 10 connected to an untagged port on VLAN 10 on the switch (can't change this or it will lose communication with the EAPs it is controlling)

EAPs (x7): 192.168.100.0 subnet, management VLAN10.

ER7206 current: 192.168.0.0 subnet, VLAN1 

ER7206 desired: 192.168.100.0 subnet, VLAN10

 

 

I can't change the default network on the ER7206. I see this:

 

 

When I attempt to edit the IP, VLAN and DHCP range for this network the system appears to accept it, then reboots redirecting the webpage to the correct IP, but the changes have not been saved and revert to the previous default. I am able to add a new LAN at this point with the correct IP/VLAN settings, but there is no way to make the new LAN the default, meaning that all untagged traffic into the gateway ports is on VLAN 1, and also the gateway doesn't accept management by the OC200 on VLAN 10. The OC200 still sees the gateway at the default IP and fails to communicate with it on the mangement VLAN (10).

 

Any ideas? I have searched the forums for a solution but I'm either inefficient at searching or none has yet been presented.

 

 

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Re:Cannot change default LAN or adopt by OC200
2022-07-19 04:25:36

Confirmed wrote

Controller: 192.168.100.0 subnet, VLAN 10 connected to an untagged port on VLAN 10 on the switch (can't change this or it will lose communication with the EAPs it is controlling

EAPs (x7): 192.168.100.0 subnet, management VLAN10.

ER7206 current: 192.168.0.0 subnet, VLAN1 

ER7206 desired: 192.168.100.0 subnet, VLAN10

 

Hi, the omada router works in VLAN1 by default and it's not allowed to be changed, you may refer to the guide below.

 

How to add an Omada Gateway to the network? (Controller 4.4.3 or above): https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/faq/3148/

How to configure Management VLAN in Omada SDN Controller (4.4.4 or above): https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/faq/2814/

 

I haven't try it but guess you need to adopt the new ER7206 in VLAN1 first, then configure Wired Networks with VLAN Interface and switch the OC200 into the VLAN10 network. OC200 may lose the communication with the switch/EAPs during the setup, but it should recover once the OC200 is back to VLAN10, you don't need to reconfigure them. So here are my suggestions:

1. If the OC200 is set with a static IP, change it to DHCP first, then disconnect the existing router from your network.

2. Plug the new ER7206 to the OC200 directly in default VLAN1 network, follow the above faq/3148/ to adopt the ER7206.

3. After adoption, configure the Wired Networks and put the OC200 back into the VLAN10 network.

4. If the ER7206 router is lost, use Omada discovery utility to inform the router where the controller is as per Step5 in faq/2814/.

 

Hope it helps.

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Re:Cannot change default LAN or adopt by OC200
2022-07-21 09:20:18

  @Yannie Thanks for trying to help, but I'd already followed all of the faqs you've referenced below, and it still didn't work. I did resolve this by re-doing the whole process I'd already done three times before for some reason it worked (factory reset ER7206, assign Omada controller IP in standalone mode, move to switch with Er7206 on trunk port and OC200 on management VLAN, adopt, force provision, reboot ER7206). Worth noting too that the Omada Discovery Utility doesn't appear to work on Windows 11.

 

The question remains though - why is it not possible to change the default LAN? Especially given that it is not possible to set port PVIDs on the router in controller mode - all PVIDs are fixed at VLAN1 which is really not helpful.

 

Now of course I have the perennial and widely-reported problem of DHCP reservations not applying to LAN clients, and not being able to see all wired LAN clients on the OC200 interface. But one problem at a time I guess! Closely watching forum posts already made elsewhere.

 

 

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