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Arcadyan, IPv4, and general flakiness
Hi everyone, Since Christmas (idea: several new devices on wifi?) our network had been behaving oddly. It's an Arcadyan with four boosts. Also of note, the router and discs are all on timers to ...
- I suspect the high number of devices may be stretching the limits of resources somewhere on the router. While the address range for DHCP is adequate the memory for lists and tables to track 70 devices may be breaking the firmware.
The fact that the address reservation list has a max of 10 indicates the firmware developer wasn't anticipating 70 devices and therefore I doubt the router was ever tested with anywhere near that number.
If you have a large number of IoT devices or entertainment devices (TV, Blu-ray players,etc.) that don't need to connect to other devices on your LAN then consider offloading them to a separate router bridged on the Arcadyan.
I suspect the high number of devices may be stretching the limits of resources somewhere on the router. While the address range for DHCP is adequate the memory for lists and tables to track 70 devices may be breaking the firmware.
The fact that the address reservation list has a max of 10 indicates the firmware developer wasn't anticipating 70 devices and therefore I doubt the router was ever tested with anywhere near that number.
If you have a large number of IoT devices or entertainment devices (TV, Blu-ray players,etc.) that don't need to connect to other devices on your LAN then consider offloading them to a separate router bridged on the Arcadyan.
The fact that the address reservation list has a max of 10 indicates the firmware developer wasn't anticipating 70 devices and therefore I doubt the router was ever tested with anywhere near that number.
If you have a large number of IoT devices or entertainment devices (TV, Blu-ray players,etc.) that don't need to connect to other devices on your LAN then consider offloading them to a separate router bridged on the Arcadyan.
Thanks for your reply and ideas!
My only hesitation for separating the IOT things is that many need to be on the same local network to connect to each other and to the mobile devices. I know some need it just for setup, but it's hard to know which, and a pain to start over.
I've wondered if using the onboard Smart devices separate SSID would help with the load balancing, but my first tested weren't successful - devices went dark.
So I'm now considering the separate router for all things wireless, retiring the boosts, and keeping the Arcadyan just for the STBs.
My only hesitation for separating the IOT things is that many need to be on the same local network to connect to each other and to the mobile devices. I know some need it just for setup, but it's hard to know which, and a pain to start over.
I've wondered if using the onboard Smart devices separate SSID would help with the load balancing, but my first tested weren't successful - devices went dark.
So I'm now considering the separate router for all things wireless, retiring the boosts, and keeping the Arcadyan just for the STBs.
