Long time Asus/Merlin user, I finally got 2gig fiber and decided it was time to replace my aging RT-AX58U's that were setup in wired backhaul. After a brief stint with Eero Max 7's (returned after a week), I got a 2-pack of BT10's. One single BT10 covers most of my home well and things are very fast, but the garage and yard get spotty so I tried to put the 2nd on Ethernet backhaul. It's I think a Cat-5E 50' cable that had no issues with my last setup.
Whenever I plug the 2nd BT10 in with wired backhaul it crashes the whole network. The router goes through a whole series of lights and then ends blinking red with the other node blinking blue. I spent several hours troubleshooting and finally have both connected via MLO backhaul, but would love to eventually get a wired backhaul setup again and free up spectrum. Here's what I know:
Whenever I plug the 2nd BT10 in with wired backhaul it crashes the whole network. The router goes through a whole series of lights and then ends blinking red with the other node blinking blue. I spent several hours troubleshooting and finally have both connected via MLO backhaul, but would love to eventually get a wired backhaul setup again and free up spectrum. Here's what I know:
- Both BT10 are on the latest firmware (3.0.0.6.102_39102)
- Both connect fine on wireless MLO backhaul
- Tried various network cables
- Done multiple hard resets without importing settings, basically stock settings with the same wireless name/password as old router so things connect
- No guest network enabled
- Wifi7 mode, no MLO fronthaul, all 3 bands enabled with WPA2/WPA3-Personal
- Wireless devices roam fine between the two nodes
- Fiber ONT connected to middle WAN/10g port
- One hardwired computer connected to the 1g port (it's an older PC)
- Backhaul connected to yellow 10g LAN port
