Good day all,
So I have a strange problem.
Mikrotik RG750GL is my DHCP server.
TPLink goes to my Mac mini and Windows gaming rig.
Now my Plex server is available outside my network, shared my library with a friend.
I suspect something in my firewall or NAT settings of the RB750GL but I am not there yet in expertise.
mkx
January 17, 2020, 3:56pm
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Post RB’s config (output of /export hide-sensitive ) …
/interface bridgehttp://ciskotik.com/poll/5853\
Hi
I was planning to move everything to the Netgear Switch in a month or 2 when I could go buy a kakload of cable to redo entire network.
But in the meantime..
mkx
January 17, 2020, 5:55pm
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How about those AP and PS4 connected directly to RB, can they communicate with each other?
I don’t see anything fundamentally wrong with your config. There are a few small bits which surely affect RB’s performance (but might cause the misbehaviour as well):
you have detect-internet=all set … this setting is reportedly sometimes causing weird effects. As its benefits are questionable, it might be better to disable it.
you have quite weird setup of switched ports. First of all you have all ports renamed (names follow the oposite order than HW). Next, you have HW switching disabled forcing all traffic between LAN ports to pass CPU (and for no reason, you don’t have e.g. enabled firewall for intra-LAN traffic). Last: you should be aware of peculiariry of this device: according to product brochure, ports ether2-ether5 are switched while ether1 is connected directly to CPU (making it natural choice for WAN interface). As your naming of ports is upside-down, you’re using ether5 for WAN and ether1 for “coolideas”.
If use of this device was permanent solution, I’d recomend to reset to defaults and add least necessary config (device is an old one and relatively slow, so it isn’t exactly a rocket).
CZFan
January 17, 2020, 7:07pm
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@mkx , no way that you will know, but fyi, Cool Ideas is the ISP’s name so ether1 is the WAN
Also had a brief look through config, and besides what you mentioned, dont see anything else wrong and my suspicion is that problem is downstream to the other devices / switches
mkx
January 17, 2020, 8:02pm
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That’s a cool name for ISP.
However, CoolIdeas is hooked to the renamed ether1 which is ether5 hardware-wise.
That’s a cool name for ISP.
However, CoolIdeas is hooked to the renamed ether1 which is ether5 hardware-wise.
Somehow on this RB the ports are switched. 5 is 1 and so forth.
shot guys.
ps Czfan… fellow Randburger… sup
Hi guys,
Here is the config for the new one.
/interface bridge
Shot
mkx
January 18, 2020, 9:37am
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One thing (probably unrelated to your main problem): LAN IP address should go to Bridge1 (not ether2).
Back to the problem: do you see both Mac mini MAC addresses in /interface bridge host print ? Could be that one of switches somehow drops ethernet broadcasts (needed for ARP)? What if you set /interface bridge set [ find ] protocol-mode=none ?
One thing (probably unrelated to your main problem): LAN IP address should go to Bridge1 (not ether2).
Back to the problem: do you see both Mac mini MAC addresses in /interface bridge host print ? Could be that one of switches somehow drops ethernet broadcasts (needed for ARP)? What if you set /interface bridge set [ find ] protocol-mode=none ?
Hey MK,
Fixed that LAN IP address to Bridge1
[Kombat@3ParkMews] > interface bridge host print
0 D 0C:4D:E9:A7:04:B6 ether2 Bridge1 0s
For this ..../interface bridge set [ find ] protocol-mode=none (Just like that or must i edit..
Update…
SO I can see the Mac Mini from the Plex. But not vice versa.
CZFan
January 18, 2020, 6:48pm
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If this is the result after setting bridge protocol mode to none, then you might possibly have a loop in your network causing the problems
Shot, I think i need to stop procrastinating and redo my fraken network. Then I can find this loop.
