(14/01/2023, 04:08 PM)Seán Wrote: Unfortunately there is no web interface or any other means of configuring the Tenda nodes that I'm aware of other than through the App, e.g. no Telnet or SSH access either.
Another way to check if it's using wired backhaul is to unplug the backhaul Ethernet cable of the node you're connected to while running a continuous ping test. The nodes don't automatically switch between wired and wireless backhaul (except when power cycled), so this should cause the pings to time out until the Ethernet cable is reconnected.
As the Tenda MW5C model reportedly does not support wired backhaul, it's likely the same with the MW3 model also. The MW3 Ethernet ports are also limited to 100Mbps.
After a ton of time wasted, I have to say that I've been able to create the wired backhaul using your method with the 6 points (1 MW6 as the gateway and the rest as secondary nodes).
I had to set up one by one, disconnecting the rest (instead of just plugin all at the same time straight away).
Still I don't really like the solution because, I just wanted to set this as a secondary wifi for my site (mainly for home automation, I have dozens of devices). But my main Mesh is based on Asus spots and they must be in front of the wall ethernet sockets so basically my Tendas must be only secondary nodes.
Currently I have the gateway with the WAN to the internet and the LAN to the switch that deploys to the rest of the network. So basically the main gateway tenda is acting like a router/NAT. I've noticed that I can gain root access and disable the DHCP so I can set it as a bridge, so I can integrate everything in one network.
I'm going to try first to disable such DHCP and then set them in gateway mode, to see if I can try to put them in a different wired setting (just all nodes dropping from a switch instead of having the main gateway acting as the main router, because if it breaks will be fun to lose internet in the all the site
By the way, the method to access root is pretty easy tomorrow I will test it because I'm not in the site
1. You press 3 seconds the reset button (3 not 6 because, 6 resets the router to defaults) this brings up telnet
2. You access via telnet with root and password base64 your wifi password
And then with the command
cfm set dhcps.listnum 0
Your remove DHCP
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