Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 19:30 Post subject: EX6200 questions
I'm reconfiguring my network for various reasons and am re-using some old Netgear equipment for the project. I have 2x R8000s and 1x EX6200. The plan is to use them as combo switches/wireless access points for individual subnets downstream of a pfSense box that is handling all routing functionality. One subnet for the office, 1 for the entertainment stuff & one for general purpose home networking.
I've successfully flashed the R8000s to DD-WRT 47822 with no issues. However, there are some trouble indicators on the EX6200 that I thought I'd run by the experts before I get too deep and end up spending days on troubleshooting.
2G and 5G radio indicators are red, despite that with a wireless signal analyzer I see them over the air.
The default config is for 1 port assigned as WAN, the other 4 as LAN. I know that Assign WAN to switch option is gone, but this device was OEMed as a wireless extender with no WAN interface. Is the default config still applicable for this device?
except that I don't have all the problems of that entry. I can reach the DD-WRT WebUI, perform configuration, etc. It just makes me nervous that the indicators don't behave as I expect from past dd-wrt flashes. Is the best course of action to:
1. Reset from within the UI?
2. Re-flash using a newer build?
3. Then redo the configs?
Joined: 08 May 2018 Posts: 13430 Location: Texas, USA
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 20:47 Post subject:
I presume you are on 47822 on the EX6200 (?). You can reset from within the webUI and if you still feel that's not enough, you can do an 'nvram erase && reboot' from telnet / ssh and reconfigure from scratch not using an nvram backup. You are always free to upgrade to an even newer release:
Thanks Guru. Yes, I was on 47822 on all 3 devices. I reset the device using the reset function within the WebUI, then upgraded using r48081. Still get the same behavior on the wireless indicators, but the SSID is visible using a network analyzer.
I guess I'll have to swing for the fences and connect it to the WAN to see if it can deliver some IP addresses from the main router when a wireless device connects.
Joined: 08 May 2018 Posts: 13430 Location: Texas, USA
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2022 3:29 Post subject:
I don't have one of these to tell you exactly what configuration changes are required, if any; but I would suspect that you configure it as a wired AP if the default configuration is as if it were a standard router with WAN port.
