Can I plug a switch to the ethernet backhaul port and connect other equipment?
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Hi,
I have two Deco M9+, I am using them to provide Wi-Fi to my 150m² apartment, and everything is working great. However, I want to wire some of the equipment on the house (PS5, computers) to improve network throughput. I was using one computer plugged to the backhaul port of the main Deco unit, and everything was working great. I thought I could plug a Gigabit switch (an old TL-SG105) to the backhaul port and then plug all the equipment on the switch. I was hoping this would allow me to control all the equipments from the Deco app. However, it turns out that, as lomg as plug more than one equipment to the switch, they all stop connecting to the internet -- they can't even get an IP.
Was this supposed to work, and there is some problem with the switch? Or isn't this how the backhaul port is suppose to be used?
For the record: the same equipment work if connected directly to the internet provider modem.
Hi @David-TP , thanks for reaching out.
Here's how I tried to connect everything:
With only one equipment connected to the switch, it worked just fine (in fact, I have always used it this way having only a PC connected). However, as soon as I plugged the second device, none of them could connect anymore -- not even acquire an IP address. I must say I have never actually tried connecting more than one device to the switch, so it could be it is faulty.
I don't know how to check if the main Deco is on router mode, how do I do that? What I can say is that the ISP router is not on bridge mode, but its wi-fi is turned off.
I did not test assigning static IPs to the devices.
The way everything is configured right now, and working, is the PS5 and two notebooks are connected directly to the eth2-4 ports on the ISP router.