Hello everybody,
I am facing a very strange situation that is not most likely related to Mikrotik router i am using or the configuration but i am asking for your help because of the extensive capabilities of Mikrotik products for troubleshooting network problems. I am not a network engineer so i am asking for your understanding if the terms i use are not precise.
The setup:
FTTH → RB4011 → vlan 41 → Hikvision NVR, and 4 tapo cameras.
I have assigned static IPs to the cameras (i am not sure because i dont remember) most likely at the camera level but also at the router level.
I have created onvif accounts to the cameras and i have connect the cameras to the NVR so i can see the feed through it. The NVR has recognized the cameras and everything is working as expected.
When i am accessing the cameras from LAN through hik-connect app → working fine
When i am accessing the cameras from WAN through hik-connect app → working fine
When i am accessing the cameras from WAN through tapo app → working fine
When i am accessing the cameras from LAN through tapo app → my whole LAN freezes for 4-5 min, it is completely unusable. Nothing in the logs of the router. After 5 min, everything is working fine again. I have sent email to TP-link support and after 1 month troubleshooting no joy.
(I have changed wiring with new cables, nothing. The bandwidth is more than enough and everything is working fine from WAN or LAN through the hik-connect app…) Only through LAN with tapo is chaos…
Can it be a loop in my network? (not the wiring, it is very straightforward, i am thinking that the tapo app could maybe activate a loop somehow). If yes is there any way to check if this is the problem and is there any way to prevent that from happening?
I have seen in the interfaces in my RB4011 that there is an option loop protect. Should i enable it?
Thank you in advance if someone is kind enough to help me on that with some thoughts.