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Deco pods as switches in AP mode
Posted on 8/5/26 at 8:29 am
Posted on 8/5/26 at 8:29 am
For the past year or so I've had a 3 pod Deco 6e system running as my home network router and mesh WiFi. I also had the two satellite pods serving as small switches for UVerse set top boxes.
On Monday the AT&T gateway crashed and needed a hard reset. I switched the Decos into access point mode until I have the time to put the gateway back into bridge mode. But, now that they are in AP mode, the stbs don't get a connection via the "switch." They do get a connection with a cable directly from the wall jack.
I thought I read that the Ethernet ports would work in either mode, but that's not my experience. Anyone else had this issue?
On Monday the AT&T gateway crashed and needed a hard reset. I switched the Decos into access point mode until I have the time to put the gateway back into bridge mode. But, now that they are in AP mode, the stbs don't get a connection via the "switch." They do get a connection with a cable directly from the wall jack.
I thought I read that the Ethernet ports would work in either mode, but that's not my experience. Anyone else had this issue?
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Posted on 8/5/26 at 10:10 am to PJinAtl
Not sure. Deco blanks out a ton of functionality when you switch to AP mode but I ran a set of Deco M5s in AP mode 8-9 years ago behind a Cisco router and I was still able to use the Ethernet ports to connect devices without wired backhaul. It may have also worked after wiring them also, I don’t remember.
I’d just get the ATT thing back in bridge and decos back to happy mode. Or maybe try setting them up as AP again, or even leave in router mode and keep Double NAT if you don’t need to expose things.
I’d just get the ATT thing back in bridge and decos back to happy mode. Or maybe try setting them up as AP again, or even leave in router mode and keep Double NAT if you don’t need to expose things.
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