Deco BE95 Mesh Network Reliability Issues

Deco BE95 Mesh Network Reliability Issues

Deco BE95 Mesh Network Reliability Issues
Deco BE95 Mesh Network Reliability Issues
3 weeks ago
Model: Deco BE95  
Hardware Version:
Firmware Version: 1.1.0 Build 20241217 Rel. 38308

Hi there. I need some help =)

 

About a year ago, I purchased a number of BE95 mesh routers to deploy around my home and home office with the intention of having fast, reliable connectivity. My wife and I both work from home as engineers and have a great need for reliable networking.

 

I currently have four of the BE95s deployed around my home:

 

1. The primary, which is plugged directly into the modem

2. Two additional nodes, which have a Cat6 backhaul

3. Finally, a single BE95 node in my home office which is in a separate building, approximately ~75ft away from one of my ether backhaul'd BE95s

 

Over the past few months, I've had a gradually increasing amount of network issues with the BE95 units. My main deco node will randomly turn red, and completely stop working. This bricks my entire network and currently happens several times per day. This has tremendously messed up my work from home situation, unfortunately. Also, please note that this same behavior happens with my other decos as well, albeit less frequently.

 

I've done a bunch of debugging, and while my setup isn't particularly complicated, here's what I've done so far:

 

- I've disabled all QoS functionality (I read that it may lead to instability issues)

- I've disabled SIP ALG (I read it can cause problems)

- I've rebooted the physical devices multiple times, and sometimes it's taken 5+ reboots before a node is green again

 

I'm starting to go crazy here. I don't have a complicated network at all: I've got all dynamic DHCP-style services, with the exception of a home NAS that's got a static IP and a few ports forwarded to it. Outside of that, I'm not doing anything fancy.

 

Can anyone give me some advice as to what I can potentially do or try to help improve the stability of my network? I really need it to stop randomly requiring physical reboots. Any advice is welcome.

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