GL-S20 Border Router: Devices Stay in Child State, Never Promoted to Router

[lilianmartin]

Hello,

I'm using the GL-S20 IoT gateway as a Border Router in my Thread network.
I have several Full Thread Devices connected, but they remain in the child state and almost never get promoted to router.
Interestingly, when I connect the same devices to a GL-S200, they do become routers as expected.

Is there a specific setting that needs to be enabled on the GL-S20, or are there conditions that would prevent it from promoting devices to router?

Also, I noticed that if the GL-S20 is not the Leader of the Thread network, it doesn't obtain an OMR Address and doesn't act as a gateway between the Thread network and my LAN.
Is this expected behavior?

Thanks a lot,
Lilian

[peter75moose]

@lilianmartin

Hello,

I'm using the GL-S20 IoT gateway as a Border Router in my Thread network.
I have several Full Thread Devices connected, but they remain in the child state and almost never get promoted to router.
Interestingly, when I connect the same devices to a GL-S200, they do become routers as expected.

Is there a specific setting that needs to be enabled on the GL-S20, or are there conditions that would prevent it from promoting devices to router?

Also, I noticed that if the GL-S20 is not the Leader of the Thread network, it doesn't obtain an OMR Address and doesn't act as a gateway between the Thread network and my LAN.
Is this expected behavior?

Thanks a lot,

Only Full Thread Devices (FTDs) that are "Router Eligible End Devices" (REEDs) can be promoted to routers. Minimal Thread Devices (MTDs) cannot.

[bruce]

Hi,

It seems not be expected behavior.
Please let me know your S20 firmware version, and PM me the issue syslog.