Strange behaviour of PQ1070x after firmware upgrade

Around the end of last year I installed one of these new 7 port switches in my home network, so I could have an optical 10G link between floors.  The switch came with the initial release firmware 1.58.0

Downstream of the switch are two AP906 access points (part of a mesh system), which provide connections for, amongst other things, a BLINK camera, on SSID1/VLAN1 and an Amazon ECHO dot, a KASA Smart switch and four TPLink Smart Switches all on SSID2/VLAN2

All working absolutely fine after installation.

Recently I noticed that firmware 1.58.1 was available for the switch, so I upgraded to that.  Nothing else was changed.

Following this "upgrade", the KASA smart switch and one of the TPLink switches were able to re-connect to the wifi/ internet, but the ECHO dot, the BLINK camera and the other 3 TPLink switches just refused to connect, no matter how many times I tried to re-set them.  Only by reverting to the switch firmware 1.58.0 am I able to re-connect these devices.

I have verified this behaviour by trying it twice, with identical results.

I have no networking expertise and am unable to explain this behaviour, but would be interested if anyone can shed any light on it.  I'm just glad that I didn't buy this switch at a later date, when it may have been supplied with 1.58.1 and I wouldn't have realised there is some kind of issue .  That would have had me doubting my sanity!

Hi,
I also have six PQ1070x and am currently running firmware version 1.58.2 (Build 2026-04-22 15:10:50).
I have noticed that upon rebooting, a fibre port sometimes loses connection. To resolve this, I have to log into the PQ1070x , manually set the port to 10Gb, apply the setting, and then set it back to Auto. Apart from this issue, everything seems to be working fine.

Dave.

Hi Dave & Piste Basher,

I am also an owner of the PQ1070x and have many questions if you would like to assist.  Unfortunately I am slow at learning but do eventually get the concepts when I have documented in my way.

So please be patient with me.

So today I am after information if you are prepared to share and if the forum allows.  I do believe in security so I will not be offended if you decide what I require is too detailed.

I also have tried all firmware's available and my issues maybe unique to me.  On that basis would either of you be prepared to share your dashboards so I can see what times your devices are picking up and what relative time zones you are in.

Then if you are using vlans and the number or configuration you are using.  Screen shots would be nice from a learning point of view but again new to the forum and not sure what is allowed. I have four/five vlans.

Thank you for any help and look forward to contributing to the forum where I can.

Cerberus Wellbeing 

 

Hi Cerberus,
Further to the above post I am now on firmware 1.58.2 and those previous issues appear to have gone away.
The system is set to timezone Western Europe but it doesn't appear to "pick up" a time from anywhere - it's currently 2 hours out having been set manually a while ago. But since I don't use any sort of scheduling this doesn't really matter to me.

Perhaps if you devoted one of your heads to explaining what issues you are having we may be able to assist?
 

Piste Basher,
Thank you for the reply and so fast. I am still learning the forum as well as the product. I can see a little flag showing me it my post and an image which I guess is what you sent me but I am unable to locate them again?

From memory you had untag on default vlan and then tagged on everything else. Can I assume you PVID them all to pvid 1 or were you selective to the appropriate vlans?

Just trying to get my head around it.

Have you or Dave had a requirement to use the IGMP Snooping?

I have a very simple setup in order to ensure all my VLANS are passed to the downstream devices. I have not used IGMP snooping.

 

As you can see my configuration is not complicated at all, with no port-based VLANS on this particular switch.

Are three heads an advantage or a hindrance when it comes to getting your head around things?

Draytek publish plenty of support articles which may get you up to speed faster than asking general questions on here.