I live in a faraday cage (not really but pretty much, concrete and rebar including all the interior walls)
3x AC86U in ethernet mesh no issues for 2ish years.
I tried adding a AX1800S to the mesh, wirelessly but no matter what I do it will not connect to the preferred mesh node assigned. It just never connects.
I turned ethernet backhaul off and set connection priority to auto.
I setup the 1800S node initially in wired and set the primary fall back wifi node then disconnected it from the ethernet cable but it will never connect wirelessly to the preferred node. The design of the dwelling prevents wifi from transiting between rooms you walk out of a room and signal is lost you then get picked up by another router. Fortunately the dwelling is designed in such a way that 3 strategically placed routers cover all but the kids rooms. This wireless node 1800S was to be used for the backyard with the wireless signal going through the glass door (plenty of signal gets through the door) but even with the 1800S in the same room with the preferred node it will not connect to said node.
At this point the only thing i can think of that could be causing this is that it the 1800S first has to connect to the router primary node wirelessly, then the primary node passes it off to the preferred node, and since there is no way to get the 1800S to talk wirelessly, first, to the primary node, and because it cannot connect to the primary node it eliminates any possibility of using a wireless node in this configuration.
Anyone seen this before or know if a node must first wirelessly communicate with the primary node before being passed off to the preferred node?
Thanks
3x AC86U in ethernet mesh no issues for 2ish years.
I tried adding a AX1800S to the mesh, wirelessly but no matter what I do it will not connect to the preferred mesh node assigned. It just never connects.
I turned ethernet backhaul off and set connection priority to auto.
I setup the 1800S node initially in wired and set the primary fall back wifi node then disconnected it from the ethernet cable but it will never connect wirelessly to the preferred node. The design of the dwelling prevents wifi from transiting between rooms you walk out of a room and signal is lost you then get picked up by another router. Fortunately the dwelling is designed in such a way that 3 strategically placed routers cover all but the kids rooms. This wireless node 1800S was to be used for the backyard with the wireless signal going through the glass door (plenty of signal gets through the door) but even with the 1800S in the same room with the preferred node it will not connect to said node.
At this point the only thing i can think of that could be causing this is that it the 1800S first has to connect to the router primary node wirelessly, then the primary node passes it off to the preferred node, and since there is no way to get the 1800S to talk wirelessly, first, to the primary node, and because it cannot connect to the primary node it eliminates any possibility of using a wireless node in this configuration.
Anyone seen this before or know if a node must first wirelessly communicate with the primary node before being passed off to the preferred node?
Thanks
