ZenWiFi XT8 5GHz-1 as backhaul

[joe_]

Is there any way I can set or force the mesh node to use the 5GHz-1 band for backhaul (alongside other devices using it)?

I'm planning on disabling the 5GHz-2 backhaul band and don't want nodes connecting through 2.4GHz by default.

 

[OzarkEdge]

Is there any way I can set or force the mesh node to use the 5GHz-1 band for backhaul (alongside other devices using it)?

I'm planning on disabling the 5GHz-2 backhaul band and don't want nodes connecting through 2.4GHz by default.

I believe the 5-2 band is intended for a dedicated 4-stream wireless backhaul; the other bands are 2-stream and shared with client traffic. I would leave the backhaul on 5-2 for best performance/experience... or wire it.

OE

 

[Tech9]

5GHz-1 band

Even if it is possible - 5GHz-1 band on XT8 is much slower 2-stream radio. It will hurt wireless AiMesh performance a lot.

 

[tgl]

I agree with @Tech9 -- it's really hard to imagine why this would be a good idea, unless maybe you are in a regulatory domain where you legally can't use the high-band radio. (If so, I'm afraid You Bought The Wrong Gear. That's an expensive radio to not be using.)

But to answer the question: I've seen no indication that the XT8s can be configured to do backhaul on the 5GHz-1 radio. It seems unlikely that ASUS would care to spend effort on testing/maintaining such a configuration, given what a blatant misuse of the available hardware resources it'd be.

 

[kildare]

Is there any way I can set or force the mesh node to use the 5GHz-1 band for backhaul (alongside other devices using it)?

I'm planning on disabling the 5GHz-2 backhaul band and don't want nodes connecting through 2.4GHz by default.

You can disable 5GHz-1 and use 5GHz-2 as backhaul while at the same time letting also devices use this band for normal operation, like I do.