WOL (Wake On LAN) issues with Archer BE3600
Hello,
I just bought an Archer BE3600 because it was the only one around with two actual 2.5Gbps ports. After i finished configuring all my settings i found out that WOL is not working on my PC anymore.
What's funny is that if the PC is on and i inspect the packets with wireshark i see the magic packet coming correctly and i even put back the old router to check and from there it works so the issue is caused by the new TP Link router.
Has anyone ever encountered this issue? Does TP-link put th eports in an "offline" state somehow ?
My configuration has DHCP static reservations and from what i can see the ARP table has the IP associated to the MAC address but i went anyway and made a static bing from the "Security > IP & MAC Binding" Menu
Furthermore i read on some forums to try disabling the IGMP proxy but still nothing.
Powersaving is in "Normal" so i cant assume it shuts down the ports when the PC is off
Device isolation is of course off else i wouldn't be able to access my NAS, server, and other devices on the network.
At this point im pretty sure it's a firmware issue and a total deal breaker and was thinking of returning the router.
Hi,
I handled to find the problem with the support. All my settings were correct but the 2.5G port does not support link down speed of 10Mbps so in the wake on lan settings on my PC I had to put the link speed to 100Mbps when hibernating for WOL. You can confirm the behavior by shutting down the PC and check on the network map menu of the router the port link speed. For the 1G the negotiation goes to 10Mbps and for the 2.5G goes in a disconnected state.
The 1G ports work fine on my end with the old settings.
You just need ARP reservation in the router like my screenshots above.
This is my port now with the PC off and after I changed the link speed.
This is where I set the WOL link speed on the PC
PS they told me it's a hardware issue and cannot be fixed by firmware. The 2.5G ports won't support 10Mbps
Hi, thanks for the link but my setup is already like that and it does not work. Also you cannot put ARP binding and DHCP reservation at the same time, it throws an error
You can either add a reservation or bind the IP in the other menu, both don't work either way.
this is the ARP bind
As i said the magic packet is properly broadcasted and received by the PC when it's on.
Pretty sure im going to return it and go back to the old router, too bad, this was the only valid modem in the that price range with 2 x 2.5GBps ports
Hi,
I handled to find the problem with the support. All my settings were correct but the 2.5G port does not support link down speed of 10Mbps so in the wake on lan settings on my PC I had to put the link speed to 100Mbps when hibernating for WOL. You can confirm the behavior by shutting down the PC and check on the network map menu of the router the port link speed. For the 1G the negotiation goes to 10Mbps and for the 2.5G goes in a disconnected state.
The 1G ports work fine on my end with the old settings.
You just need ARP reservation in the router like my screenshots above.
This is my port now with the PC off and after I changed the link speed.
This is where I set the WOL link speed on the PC
PS they told me it's a hardware issue and cannot be fixed by firmware. The 2.5G ports won't support 10Mbps