I'm on Virgin Media in the UK using the
Hub 3.0. I'm not sure what kind of connection the device has to the Mikrotik router when it's in modem mode. I enabled the DHCP client on the Mikrotik router and everything appeared to go well from there.
I removed the Mikrotik router from the network and re-enabled the Virgin device in router mode. Everything seems a lot smoother. For example, I set up some basic internet monitoring on a Raspberry Pi and this is the result when Mikrotik was the router:
Jun 20 22:14:51 check[82639]: netcat succeeded
Jun 20 22:14:51 check[82641]: PING google.com (142.250.200.14) 56(84) bytes of data.
Jun 20 22:14:54 check[82641]: --- google.com ping statistics ---
Jun 20 22:14:54 check[82641]: 3 packets transmitted, 1 received, 66.6667% packet loss, time 2061ms
Jun 20 22:14:54 check[82641]: rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 29.474/29.474/29.474/0.000 ms
While netcat succeeded, ping reported packet loss every time (every 30 seconds). With the Virgin Router, there is no packet loss at all.
Jun 20 23:21:03 check[1564]: netcat succeeded
Jun 20 23:21:03 check[1566]: PING google.com (142.250.187.206) 56(84) bytes of data.
Jun 20 23:21:05 check[1566]: --- google.com ping statistics ---
Jun 20 23:21:05 check[1566]: 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2003ms
Jun 20 23:21:05 check[1566]: rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 14.177/18.291/24.148/4.253 ms
I like what I saw with the Mikrotik router. I originally got it because my Unifi network application changed IP addresses and I had some difficulty communicating that with the Flex Mini switch. There is a recovery mode where the switch checks for firmware on a static route, however I was unable to use that subnet with the Virgin router. Hence the Mikrotik.
Do you think this is a configuration problem or something to do with the router's modem mode? How would you recommend I debug the issue?