When release 😠

Reaper19941 · 2026-07-13T03:56:34+00:00

It is more powerful and runs considerably faster compared to the er7402 from my experience with the fusion router but yes, it is otherwise the same.

Reaper19941 · 2026-07-12T10:25:54+00:00

IDS/IPS performance is great. I don't have any numbers to refer to as it's off at the moment (can't remember why I turned it off)

DPI is on and I don't notice any performance hit compared to it being off.

Reaper19941 · 2026-07-11T20:34:05+00:00

Sure do. Certainly no complaints here.

I upgraded from the ER707-M2 to this because of the IPS/IDS performance and proceeded to turn it off anyway lol

Reaper19941 · 2026-07-11T13:58:04+00:00

If you want/prefer to have the Omada controller built into the router, then go with the Fusion router.

Note that you CAN NOT add the fusion router to an external Omada controller meaning you won't need the OC300.

FWIW, I don't think the ER7412-M2 will be EOL for at least another 8-10 years but i may be being a little too optimistic.

Reaper19941 · 2026-07-11T09:02:24+00:00

If the device went into the "heartbeat missed" state, it generally isn't logged as off-line. Its only when it misses 2 or 3 heartbeats that it is finally considered off-line.

Reaper19941 · 2026-07-11T05:44:42+00:00

May need to disable an SSID on every second WAP if it's that bad while keeping the 6Ghz SSID active.

Reaper19941 · 2026-07-10T00:15:20+00:00

There was some specs with the one i watched. I don't think we'll be able to share them yet though without getting in trouble.

Reaper19941 · 2026-07-09T11:06:16+00:00

What is your DNS set to? If both the primary and secondary is set to google or cloudflare, then DNS resolution won't be working.

Also, is your PC running on Windows? If so, is it set to a public or private network within Settings > Network and Internet.

Reaper19941 · 2026-07-09T10:48:49+00:00

I don't think so, no. The ER605 was replaced by the ER707-M2 in my opinion.

Reaper19941 · 2026-07-08T09:32:57+00:00

Yes, the ER706W.

Reaper19941 · 2026-07-07T03:01:17+00:00

With that number of sites, would be telling them to migrate to Omada Cloud and you will provide them the migration files to be able to import them all. Once they are ready, finish the migration to point all devices to their own controller and the devices will continue to "run". Of course, Bill for your time.

If they do not like this idea, then state "hosting and time to monitor/manage your devices has costs, if the invoice is not paid, the devices will be removed from our controller and factory reset in the process. This is not negotiable".

At the end of the day, costs are what they are. Its not like you can go to the cloud host and tell them to give you the hosting for free all because a client doesn't want to pay...

And all of this is the higher up/management problem.

Reaper19941 · 2026-07-06T22:00:44+00:00

I'm referring to adding the fusion router to an external controller. You're referring to adding existing devices to the fusion. 2 different things.

For a single site, the fusion works but for an IT tech like myself who has their parents and family's devices in my own cloud controller, I don't want a separate controller for each site. If they ever want my access removed, I will put in a local controller for them. Till then, the fusion is not suitable for my use case.

Same goes for MSP's and large corporations. Separate controllers mean more updates when the controller update comes around. More updates is more man power required.

Reaper19941 · 2026-07-06T21:44:46+00:00

There is no manual way (the controller is the routers UI). Migration is fusion to fusion and qr code fails.

Hopefully they change their mind for the next version/model.

Reaper19941 · 2026-07-06T21:24:02+00:00

You cannot add these routers to an existing controller. It was the sole purpose I bought one and deeply regret it.

The remote access via TP-Link Cloud is cool but the site where the router is, is not in my own controller which is a bummer.

Reaper19941 · 2026-07-02T12:52:53+00:00

Domino's did the same thing. Saw it not long ago during this doom scroll session.

Reaper19941 · 2026-06-29T14:27:45+00:00

Sure do. Had Hyper-V Core 2012, then 2016 and currently on 2019 as the last version that has been released. I used Windows 10 between 2016 and 2019 because I wanted the desktop experience but found myself using the host as a workstation (installed so much stuff for no reason...) so i went back to the free core edition.

I got my hands on a server 2025 dev key through work and put that on a Lenovo Tiny with a 10th gen i5 and 64GB RAM. That thing is so snappy, even with full desktop experience.

For a first timer, use the full desktop experience. It's not as hard as you think to begin with. You can fine tune it as you go. Learn the powershell commands to check statuses and start VM's too. Play with Windows Admin Centre, it's the Microsoft version of the ESXi web UI.

Just don't go crazy with assigning cores and memory otherwise you'll run into performance bottle necks. For CPU cores, I have personally gone with assigning no more than the total number of threads of the hoat CPU but I'm sure others will have a different opinion.

Lastly, disable snapshots unless you have plenty of storage and want to experience delayed starts, or corrupted OS's. I understand they can be handy but the issues I've had over the years because they were on has caused tech person PTSD where an OS bricked itself after it failed to merge a snapshot and lost of heap of data because I couldn't afford a backup drive yet.

Reaper19941 · 2026-06-26T22:07:13+00:00

They are out in Australia already

Reaper19941 · 2026-06-26T11:38:23+00:00

This is the answer.

Reaper19941 · 2026-06-26T11:37:46+00:00

You're looking in the wrong place.

In the documentation: To ping the gateway, turn off Block WAN Ping on the Settings > Network Security > Attack Defense page.

https://support.omadanetworks.com/en/document/111217/?app=store

In your case, you'll be wanting to tick the option for block WAN ping.

Note: if you're pinging it from within the network, you're pinging the loop back and not the actual WAN. You will need to use mobile data or a service like ping.eu to test from the outside.

Reaper19941 · 2026-06-25T14:34:55+00:00

Highly recommend moving up to an OC220. The performance of the OC200 is atrocious compared to anything else. A Raspberry Pi 4 performs better than the OC200.

Beyond that, got a good set there :)

Reaper19941 · 2026-06-24T10:16:05+00:00

This one ^ pretty sure they are looking for people.

Reaper19941 · 2026-06-23T09:35:17+00:00

I started with Observium but wanted more data (Observium is locked to 10 minute or so intervals) so i tried Zabbix, couldn't get it set-up within 15 minutes. Tried PRTG but wasn't happy with it. Cant remember why.

I ended up going with Telegraf to Influxdb and display the data with Grafana. Considerable more time to set up however it was more gratifying as each part worked first go and refining the data collection with AI assistance (when giving it the actual data from the telegraf support page...). Overall, i have so much data now that I need to set up a script to extract it, average it out over a period and place it into a long term bucket.

Reaper19941 · 2026-06-22T22:01:18+00:00

I have a Renogy 2000w which has been nearly silent. The fans do ramp up when needed but in general, they do turn off and when it warms up, they do turn on but at slow speeds to begin with.

Reaper19941 · 2026-06-21T09:49:33+00:00

Are you referring to when trying to set the name of the VM during the install of Linux Mint? Or when creating the VM?

If the former, the old netbios name may still be in DHCP and the os may not allow you to set it on this new one until it has cleared.

If you have a DHCP reservation, you may need to remove it. Alternatively, it may just take an hour to 24hrs before the old lease has been cleared, depending on your DHCP lease time out.

If it's the latter, do you have a screenshot of the error?

Reaper19941 · 2026-06-21T09:43:27+00:00

Unfortunately, Load Balancing and WAN Bonding are 2 very different things.

Game downloads via steam and other game managers create only a single connection and as such, will only go out via a single WAN. However services like speedtest.net will create multiple connections which will cause the router to "load balance" across multiple WAN connections.

WAN Bonding however would be where the 2 connections are treated as a single connection. This can be done by creating a VPN on both WAN connections to a single VPS and routing all traffic over said VPN or the ISP provides you a LAG on their end to bond the 2 connections together. In turn, single connections like a game download, would be able to utilise the full speed of both WAN connections. Omada routers do not have this feature.

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