Wifi 7 MLO seems buggy on BE96U

[Ryandodo]

I Have configured my Home Ap which is asus RTBE96U with MLO enabled.
I created an entirely separate network (an MLO SSID) , as you could see here

I tried to connet my station to my home AP
Asus RTBE96U with good Signal strength -45dbm and it's connected to 6G band successfuly as MLO connection.
I saved the password of my network for my station for the next time to remember this network to connect to it immediately ..

Now i toggle my wifi button off - it disconnected from network but now Im far away from the the router like signal strength -70dbm , I toggled then my wifi button ON back so I expect to connect to my mlo network in 5g or 2g , but what is happenning that my station not able to connect to network at all , neither to 5g nor to 2g , station starts association to my mlo network but it fails to connect successfully and AP deauth my station.

If Im at very good signal strength like -50dbm and station on this case connected with 6g then toggling my wifi button off and on without moving , my station still able to connect back to my mlo network and it connects back in 6g.

Maybe its known issue on asus when MLO feature enabled? Maybe I missed some mlo configs at AP side related to MLO?


What could be the reason for why such AP refusing my station to connect to 5g/2g?

 

[bennor]

Maybe its known issue on asus when MLO feature enabled?

If you haven't done so already, you may want to review the various other discussions on MLO as a number of people are having issues with it.

Search results for query: MLO

www.snbforums.com

Some have found turning the MLO feature off helps.

 

[Ryandodo]

If you haven't done so already, you may want to review the various other discussions on MLO as a number of people are having issues with it.

Search results for query: MLO

www.snbforums.com

Some have found turning the MLO feature off helps.

You mean turn off mlo so connection will be not mlo?

 

[KevTech]

When I first bought the BE86 the default was enabled for MLO but Asus has now changed that to disabled.

 

[Ryandodo]

When I first bought the BE86 the default was enabled for MLO but Asus has now changed that to disabled.

So mlo connection you tried or not?

 

[Ryandodo]

So none tried mlo connection with that asus Ap?

 

[bennor]

You mean turn off mlo so connection will be not mlo?

Yes. Read though the various threads that search link returns. Several people had issues with, or traced to, MLO and they found turning it off help with their issues. As always YMMV for your use case.

PS: Another example of past discussions, this time with the BE96U and MLO:

https://www.snbforums.com/search/1831188/?q=BE96U+MLO&o=relevance

 

[Ryandodo]

But for my case , if I turn it off then connection will not be MLO network yeah?!

 

[Ryandodo]

Yes. Read though the various threads that search link returns. Several people had issues with, or traced to, MLO and they found turning it off help with their issues. As always YMMV for your use case.

I mean if I turn mlo disable then station connect as non mlo mkde ( connection will not be mlo) , so that wouldnt help me much

 

[bennor]

More on MLO here if one hasn't seen it already:
[Wi-Fi 7 Wireless Router] What is MLO (Multi-Link Operation) and how it works?
[Wireless Router]How to ensure WiFi 7 router compatibility with existing ASUS router and connected devices?
PS: And this support forum discussion may have some information: Difference between "mlo fronthaul for clients" and MLO in wireless tab RT-BE92U

 

[Ryandodo]

Its not same issue

More on MLO here if one hasn't seen it already:
[Wi-Fi 7 Wireless Router] What is MLO (Multi-Link Operation) and how it works?
[Wireless Router]How to ensure WiFi 7 router compatibility with existing ASUS router and connected devices?
PS: And this support forum discussion may have some information: Difference between "mlo fronthaul for clients" and MLO in wireless tab RT-BE92U

Its not same issue

 

[aex.perez]

Having just put mine together, in general some of my older devices have trouble with it, consequently, some of those same devices had issues with Smartnet on my AX router/nodes when I had them set for both the 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz.

So what I have done, and for me it's working well, so far, is create band specific networks using Customized Network profile and toggleling that last button, "Use same subnet as main network"

to get around it. The newer devices on the MLO network, the older devices on the Custom. I have two a 5 and a 2 (for 2.4) for the sake of brevity. I will make a new onw with both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz non Wifi 7/MLO as time permits and migrate all the outlilers to it and hopefully they can work with both bands, if not it stays as is. The laptops and iPhones work fine with MLO so far, but as always YMMV

I also have some IoT networks but the HP printer I have wants to be on the same subnet as the computers/phones that print. Still workng out which devices can live on the separate subnet. but it's only been a week, so it's a work in progress...

 

[Ryandodo]

Having just put mine together, in general some of my older devices have trouble with it, consequently, some of those same devices had issues with Smartnet on my AX router/nodes when I had them set for both the 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz.

So what I have done, and for me it's working well, so far, is create band specific networks using Customized Network profile and toggleling that last button, "Use same subnet as main network"
View attachment 69570
to get around it. The newer devices on the MLO network, the older devices on the Custom. I have two a 5 and a 2 (for 2.4) for the sake of brevity. I will make a new onw with both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz non Wifi 7/MLO as time permits and migrate all the outlilers to it and hopefully they can work with both bands, if not it stays as is. The laptops and iPhones work fine with MLO so far, but as always YMMV

I also have some IoT networks but the HP printer I have wants to be on the same subnet as the computers/phones that print. Still workng out which devices can live on the separate subnet. but it's only been a week, so it's a work in progress...

So to let MLO works/to try , what exactly I need to configure at AP?

Assume ssid name is Bakla_Mlo , sowhat i need to configure?

 

[aex.perez]

I built a new network, using this profile

With a separate (not the same name Bakla_Mlo, maybe call it Bakla, your choice) SSID, with 2.4 Ghz and 5 GHz, and chose for it to used the same subnet, but that's me and my needs, yours may be diferent as this is NOT a one size fits all capability. Or you could try with the three band, WiFi7 and no MLO point is you got options, so whatever works for you.
Read/see the earlier post and make sure that's what you want.

 

[Ryandodo]

I built a new network, using this profile
View attachment 69576
With a separate (not the same name Bakla_Mlo, maybe call it Bakla, your choice) SSID, with 2.4 Ghz and 5 GHz, and chose for it to used the same subnet, but that's me and my needs, yours may be diferent as this is NOT a one size fits all capability. Or you could try with the three band, WiFi7 and no MLO point is you got options, so whatever works for you.
Read/see the earlier post and make sure that's what you want.

Yeah so you mean to configure each band for different ssid? Its the not mlo network yeah?

 

[aex.perez]

Yeah so you mean to configure each band for different ssid? Its the not mlo network yeah?

Not exactly, an MLO based SSID, and a separate SSID using the Customized Network profile, and try with 1, 2, 3, bands see see what works in your case. You can do per-band if you like, whatever works for you. Point is again, you got options. I did per band for 2.4 and 5Ghz because (separate from my MLO and Guest Network) that's how my network was setup and I didn't want to revisit all the devices, simpler for me. I can adapt it as I go along.