RT-AC5300 backhaul/fronthaul?

[Raphie]

Got a 5300 and ac68 as mesh accespoint via cat5
However the 5300 took 5g_2 as backhaul channel and I can’t seem to get it back
Before I had 5g_1 and 5g_2 via smart connect combined as 1 5G connection, now this no longer seems possible?

AImesh is nice as I can use 1 wifi network with 1 id, but burning the 2nd 5g channel is a high price to pay?
How can I maintain AImesh, But get my channel back, as my backhaul is cat5?

 

[JDB]

Asus are stupid
Has been a problem for the last 3-4 5300 firmwares
They said they were going to look at it after many people complained but that was a year ago now!


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[Raphie]

Ok, so it’s not me?

 

[JDB]

No it’s all of us, I have 3x 5300 AiMesh all Ethernet backhaul
The only thing I can say is the extra channel is less useful than it might be on a single router setup as devices are spread over multiple routers anyway.
So it’s not a huge loss if you have a good spread of devices across nodes


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[Raphie]

ThnX, It's still half of the 5g bandwidth gone downstairs. as devices (20+) were connected between them, now all on 5G_1

 

[JDB]

Yea the benefits of device spread will vary with environment, sounds like you were definitely better off with 2x 5G channels.
I’m lucky that mine are spread between a 5300 and 86U most of the time with my setup.
I’m still hoping Asus will allow 2x channels with fixed Ethernet backhaul at some point


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[Grisu]

You can use it, they set only a hidden SSID for it. Many threads here how to do so.

 

[JDB]

You can use it, they set only a hidden SSID for it. Many threads here how to do so.

No good if you use Smart Connect tho


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[Grisu]

Why, you still can use it for stationary devices like TV which wont move around.

 

[JDB]

Why, you still can use it for stationary devices like TV which wont move around.

True, but I prefer to have all my devices use the same creds so that any future router/environment changes are more easily managed.
Plus most of my fixed devices are Ethernet anyway.


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