How to set up Ethernet Backhaul with your Deco devices

How to set up Ethernet Backhaul with your Deco devices

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Re:How to set up Ethernet Backhaul with Deco M5
2018-01-02 04:14:25 - last edited 2019-10-09 03:27:45
Please note:
- I found the rebooting to occur every time D-Link DGS-1008D is in between 2 DECO's.
- another router as switch: please take care that you don't introduce a second DHCP server - the same issue can occur if the IP address ranges are incompatible

...it's a pretty sensitive thing... but since I replaced my switch it has worked rock solid for me.

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Re:How to set up Ethernet Backhaul with Deco M5
2018-01-02 17:09:38 - last edited 2019-10-09 03:27:45
Hi,

Does Deco support the following topology?

|- DECO #1
MODEM/SWITCH |
|- DECO #2

In words: It is basically similar to the start topology described in this post, but the modem and the switch is actually the same device.
I have my modem installed at the entrance of the house, and it can also act as router/switch/whatever. And I have a wired connection from each room to it. It does bridging between all these wires. So I'd like to interconnect the DECOs using these wires.

Will it work...? In your topology, you use separate WAN and LAN ports. But in my case, WAN and LAN port is actually the same... going to the modem/switch.
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Setup and ethernet backhaul, my expereinces
2018-01-05 19:40:38 - last edited 2019-10-09 03:27:45
Hi!
Just set up my Deco system yesterday. Setup went (more or less) fine. Setting up first Deco as router and connecting two other (and various cabled network units) via a gigabit ethernet switch.
Then i got various problems, The main Deco (set up as router) seemed to work fine, but every other unit connected to the network experienced massive ping and disconnect issues, the other Deco units rebooted at what seemed like random aswell.
Seemed like streaming would work fine (on a PS3 with wired connection), but i think it was mostly because the speed of the internet connection was enough to feed the buffer before it ran out. In any other way the internet was useless.
After i read about the trouble with some D-link switches i decided to replace the rather old Netgear switch with a newer Svive, and it seems like this solved the problems.

My current setup:
[Modem]
___|
[Deco (router)]
___|
[Svive Opacus (8p 1GB/s switch)]
___| ____| ___| _____| _______|
[Deco] [PC] [PC] [Printer] [Svive Nimbus (5p 1GB/s switch)]
___________________________| _____| _____| __
_________________________ [Deco] [PS3] [AVR]
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Re:How to set up Ethernet Backhaul with Deco M5
2018-01-05 19:53:17 - last edited 2019-10-09 03:27:45
Hi!
Just set up my Deco system yesterday. Setup went (more or less) fine. Setting up first Deco as router and connecting two other (and various cabled network units) via a gigabit ethernet switch.
Then i got various problems, The main Deco (set up as router) seemed to work fine, but every other unit connected to the network experienced massive ping and disconnect issues, the other Deco units rebooted at what seemed like random aswell.
Seemed like streaming would work fine (on a PS3 with wired connection), but i think it was mostly because the speed of the internet connection was enough to feed the buffer before it ran out. In any other way the internet was useless.
After i read about the trouble with some D-link switches i decided to replace the rather old Netgear switch with a newer Svive, and it seems like this solved the problems.

My current setup:
[Modem]
___|
[Deco (router)]
___|
[Svive Opacus (8p 1GB/s switch)]
___|____|___|_____|_______|
[Deco] [PC] [PC] [Printer] [Svive Nimbus (5p 1GB/s switch)]
___________________________|_____|_____|
_________________________[Deco] [PS3] [AVR]
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Re:How to set up Ethernet Backhaul with Deco M5
2018-01-08 02:35:33 - last edited 2019-10-09 03:27:45
Could it be configured in the following way?*deco 5-1 to the modem*deco 5-2 to deco 5 1 ethernet. deco 5-3 wifi.
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Re:How to set up Ethernet Backhaul with Deco M5
2018-01-08 02:37:14 - last edited 2019-10-09 03:27:45
Could it be configured in the following way?*deco 5-1 to the modem*deco 5-2 to deco 5 1 ethernet. deco 5-3to wifi
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Re:How to set up Ethernet Backhaul with Deco M5
2018-01-08 05:03:29 - last edited 2019-10-09 03:27:45
Abra01; I changed the switch (borrowed one from my friend), and now everything works for me, and I agree to your improvment suggestions. Still doesn’t change my opinion about how tp-link has handled this. They cannot afterwards realize that “oh, by the way, we forgot to tell everybody that you need to have a certain infrastructure”. Which, by the way, was not mentioned anywhere when I bought it and still isn’t..
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Re:How to set up Ethernet Backhaul with Deco M5
2018-01-10 12:38:46 - last edited 2019-10-09 03:27:45

Sho_69 wrote

Could it be configured in the following way?*deco 5-1 to the modem*deco 5-2 to deco 5 1 ethernet. deco 5-3to wifi
Yes! In fact that is how I have mine configured, and it works wonderfully.
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Re:How to set up Ethernet Backhaul with Deco M5
2018-01-10 20:37:13 - last edited 2019-10-09 03:27:45

Kienzlenator wrote

Yes! In fact that is how I have mine configured, and it works wonderfully.
thank you very much. So I save myself buying a swich. I configure everything for wifi and then connect the ethernet cable?
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Re:How to set up Ethernet Backhaul with Deco M5
2018-01-11 10:11:50 - last edited 2019-10-09 03:27:45

Sho_69 wrote

thank you very much. So I save myself buying a swich. I configure everything for wifi and then connect the ethernet cable?


Yes, you should configure everything using only WiFi at first, and then connect ethernet. It took me a couple of tries to get it to switch from wifi to ethernet, so test your speed on a device connected to the specific deco just to make sure it is all correct.
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