AiMesh - disable 2.4GHz on nodes?

[Volfi]

I would like to disable 2.4GHz Wifi on my node (AC86U). Main router (AC88U) should have it though. Can connect via SSH, and tried this:

wl -i wl0.1 down
wl -o wl0.1 radio off
nvram set wl0.1_radio=0
nvram set acs_ifnames="wl1.1"
nvram commit
service restart_wireless

However, node is not accesible after that.

wl0.1 = 2.4GHz
wl1.1 = 5GHz

Any hints how to achieve this?
Not sure why, but 2.4GHz devices connected to node do not work very well, disconnect often. Think this is AiMesh bug, but as I cannot solve this firmware bug, at least I tried to switch 2.4GHz on nodes off.

 

[Grisu]

isnt wl0.1 first guest on 2.4G?
nvram set wl0_radio=0 should do it what I can remember.

Dont know what acs_ifnames="wl1.1" is good for, never used this, better leave it.
Nor do I know what the first both lines wl -i wl0.1 down and wl -o wl0.1 radio off shall do, let them as previous too.

 

[Volfi]

No, wl -i wl0.1 status gives me 2.4GHz Wifi. Also wl0.1_ssid points to correct (2.4GHz) SSID.

 

[Volfi]

Actually, you might be right
Doing this simple stuff keeps node connected, and switches off 2.4GHz on it

nvram set wl0_radio=0
nvram commit
service restart_wireless

 

[Grisu]

I know ... only you who didnt believe

 

[Phi Tran]

Actually, you might be right
Doing this simple stuff keeps node connected, and switches off 2.4GHz on it

nvram set wl0_radio=0
nvram commit
service restart_wireless

Thank you! This works for me. 2.4Ghz seems to give my devices trouble too.
However, the node refuses to reconnect after a reboot. It seems it needs 2.4GHz to initiate the connection. Does your router work fine after reboot?

 

[Grisu]

dont have them it any more, sorry cant help with this.

 

[Volfi]

@Phi Tran - have this problem as well.
I gave up on AiMesh and am running "node" in repeater mode, changing repeater's 2.4GHz SSID to other name, so that legacy devices do not connect to it.

 

[Phi Tran]

I gave up on this AiMesh for a while too. This thread gave me hope, but the reboot problem shuts down this last hope. Oh well, back to none AiMesh again.

 

[Volfi]

AC86U, used as an extender, has no problems when 2.4GHz is disabled via SSH.