Unifi Switch on 2nd LAN

[Mike McCall]

Ok, I was able to access via Putty. Looks like I can make changes to "Inform," should I?

Taking @YeOldeStonecat 's suggestion of connecting the problem switch to the other switch made it show-up in the controller. I'm updating the firmware at the moment. I do find it interesting that it retained its 10.25.25.69 address even after being connected to the 10.58.58.xx LAN. It says it's ready to be adopted, but I'm not sure I should until I get this figured out.

There must be a reason the controller lost communication in the first place, which appears to be unresolved. This points me back to Untangle as that's where DNS, DHCP, etc. reside. Moving the switch to the 10.58.58.xx LAN and it appearing normally suggest the same to me.

Random thought: I vaguely recall reading something indicating NIC's built into the MB causing problems at times. Might this have anything to do with it?

 

[Mike McCall]

Ok, I seem to have things back to normal...for the moment.



The switch is connected to the controller and back on the 10.25.25.xx LAN.



I connected the switch to the LAN-1 switch after resetting it. Readopted it, updated it, then simply unplugged it from the LAN-1 switch and back to its port on the Untangle box and restarted it. That put everything back the way it was before it broke. That said, I have no idea what caused it to break in the first place.

 

[Sky-Knight]

Assuming it's got an IP address on the second IP network, putty into the thing and ping stuff... can you resolve DNS? Because if the switch can't resolve your unifi. record... that's the problem right there.

 

[Mike McCall]

Well, everything remains in its proper place this morning. The switch and controller are now communicating as they should. No changes were made to Untangle before or after. Resetting the switch, connecting it to the other switch and readopting it seems to have cleared the issue. It seems reasonable to think it was a controller issue of some sort, though I don't know what would cause it to lose a device like that. Whatever it was I'll know to attempt to readopt the switch if it happens again.