yes i plugged mine into a switch. make sure your wire connection works by testing it with a laptop first. otherwise wired backhaul is pretty much automatic
It looks like Asus caught up to the fact that people bought the TMobile routers and turned them into AC68U for Aimesh so they released a firmware today disabling Aimesh on these cheap TMobile routers. This makes Tenda Nova the best bang for your buck mesh system now.
I have not used aimesh so cannot comment on stability and other stuff but I did look into aimesh as an alternative solution.
Price:
Asus routers are expensive unless you can find the refurbished ones or the T-Mobile renamed AC68U and flash firmware to regular AC68U.
Tenda Nova price is very...