Hello, maybe someone can help me.
I have a total of 5 ASUS XT8 connected via Ethernet backhaul because of my reinforced concrete walls. The second 5GHz-2 network is thus free for communication for the clients (Tri-Band Smart Connect). Everything is working fine so far. Installed is the current firmware, but have also tried every firmware since AI Mesh 2.0 (so early 2021) related to this problem.
Now I have two XD4 installed in two locations due to space and cost constraints. The XT8s are to communicate ONLY via Ethernet backhaul, because due to reinforced concrete ceilings, the WLan connection is in part much too weak.
However, the XD4s are to communicate with the mesh via wireless LAN because no Ethernet is available at their location. This only succeeds for setup (the main XD4 can be set up via WLAN, then receives the mesh data from the XT8 main and is then no longer available because it also wants to communicate via Ethernet backhaul). In my opinion this is a design bug, or how do you see it? It must be possible to tell some nodes to talk only over ethernet and others to talk over wlan, even if you have selected ethernet backhaul. However, as soon as I set mixed usage (i.e. WLan and Ethernet), the XT8 automatically drops the 5 GHz-2 band for client use and acts as a backup backhaul (even though the XD4s can't use this band at all). This is totally crazy to implement this way....
Looking forward to your comments and tips. Please excuse my English, normally I speak German and need a translator.
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I have a total of 5 ASUS XT8 connected via Ethernet backhaul because of my reinforced concrete walls. The second 5GHz-2 network is thus free for communication for the clients (Tri-Band Smart Connect). Everything is working fine so far. Installed is the current firmware, but have also tried every firmware since AI Mesh 2.0 (so early 2021) related to this problem.
Now I have two XD4 installed in two locations due to space and cost constraints. The XT8s are to communicate ONLY via Ethernet backhaul, because due to reinforced concrete ceilings, the WLan connection is in part much too weak.
However, the XD4s are to communicate with the mesh via wireless LAN because no Ethernet is available at their location. This only succeeds for setup (the main XD4 can be set up via WLAN, then receives the mesh data from the XT8 main and is then no longer available because it also wants to communicate via Ethernet backhaul). In my opinion this is a design bug, or how do you see it? It must be possible to tell some nodes to talk only over ethernet and others to talk over wlan, even if you have selected ethernet backhaul. However, as soon as I set mixed usage (i.e. WLan and Ethernet), the XT8 automatically drops the 5 GHz-2 band for client use and acts as a backup backhaul (even though the XD4s can't use this band at all). This is totally crazy to implement this way....
Looking forward to your comments and tips. Please excuse my English, normally I speak German and need a translator.
(Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)