In fact, in reading the Apple forums they admit the problem and refuse to fix the bug. They flat-out do not support using a high-end managed switch tagging and passing the traffic. They have said they only support the roaming configuration with Airports connected to each other via the built-in LAN ports, OR an unmanaged switch. The issue is that Apple uses VLAN 1003 tagged on the Airport, BUT they actually do NOT support using a managed switch with the same VLAN Tag!! I was seriously baffled at what I found. I began to search more and found many people were having this problem
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You got a DHCP address and got online but download was maybe 1/10th of the speed while upload was fine. If you connected to the Primary speed was fine, but not on a roaming unit. I narrowed the situation down to whenever a user connected to one of the bridge mode Airports. The Apple Airport Roaming Guest Network Speed IssueĪfter many hours of testing and reading I was getting horrible download on the guest network. I thought this was very cool and having done some reading and knowing I have a managed switch I was able to tag the roaming Airport’s as needed on VLAN 1003 which allowed the guests connected to roaming units to get an IP address. Come to find out, They are isolated from the other network on a tagged VLAN 1003. The nice thing is with a single Airport in DHCP/NAT you can assign a different Network Subnet range for the guests. Everything worked great until I got to testing the Guest Network. It was incredibly easy to setup and configure.
Roaming Airport Express – Office (Bridge Mode).Roaming Airport Express – Kitchen (Bridge Mode).Primary Airport Express – Basement (NAT/DHCP).Below is the basic setup I decided on based on the roaming setup. That is, until you get to the Guest Network which I will detail in a minute. Most attractive was the fact Apple devices support a “ roaming” network configuration that is well documented and easy to set up.
I liked the performance the reliability and the ease of setup. The wired network was easy so this is more about the wireless, and SPECIFICALLY the Apple Airport’s dirty little secret about the Guest Network.įor the new house I decided on Apple Airport Extreme devices throughout the house. Some things in my house were wired and some wireless. Mobile devices, Whole Home Audio, Laptops, Thermostats, DVR, Televisions, DVD Players, just about everything. As most people know, you end up with a LOT of devices on a network these days. As part of the massive effort to build a new house I started trying to figure out the data network that we needed.
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