05/01/2024, 11:47 PM
(This post was last modified: 06/01/2024, 10:12 PM by Midnorth_Mongerer.)
Hi
Glad to have found this thread.
My "difficult" large stone house has proved a complete PITA and money pit when it comes covering it with reliable wifi.
Currently I'm using Tenda MW5. I have a TP-Link setup as well, but the problems with it are similar to my Tenda experience.
There are Gigabit ethernet ports in most rooms so setting up backhaul would seem the best solution.
If only....
The instructions here and elsewhere seem straightforward, leaving me frustrated why things aren't working for me:
Internet comes from the internet service provider's supplied router. I'm on 100Mbps in rural Australia. By our standards the connection is as good as it gets.
The router connects to the primary Tenda MW5 node's WAN port. The primary node serves as the router for the LAN and wifi, feeding into an 8 port unmanaged Gigabit switch. I need to do it this way because I require guest access.
The LAN cables to the rooms are connected via the switch.
From my reading I should now be able to connect the primary node LAN output to the secondary node's WAN port to get backhaul working. It doesn't. The secondary node LED goes green for 30 seconds and then blinks to negotiate to reconnect wirelessly.
It seems I must be missing something.
One further question; when using backhaul, assuming it can be made to work, do all secondary nodes have to be back-hauled or can it be a mix?
UPDATE: No sooner posted this, fart arsed around again resetting the nodes with backhaul and it's working. Technology is great. When it works.
Cheers
Glad to have found this thread.
My "difficult" large stone house has proved a complete PITA and money pit when it comes covering it with reliable wifi.
Currently I'm using Tenda MW5. I have a TP-Link setup as well, but the problems with it are similar to my Tenda experience.
There are Gigabit ethernet ports in most rooms so setting up backhaul would seem the best solution.
If only....
The instructions here and elsewhere seem straightforward, leaving me frustrated why things aren't working for me:
Internet comes from the internet service provider's supplied router. I'm on 100Mbps in rural Australia. By our standards the connection is as good as it gets.
The router connects to the primary Tenda MW5 node's WAN port. The primary node serves as the router for the LAN and wifi, feeding into an 8 port unmanaged Gigabit switch. I need to do it this way because I require guest access.
The LAN cables to the rooms are connected via the switch.
From my reading I should now be able to connect the primary node LAN output to the secondary node's WAN port to get backhaul working. It doesn't. The secondary node LED goes green for 30 seconds and then blinks to negotiate to reconnect wirelessly.
It seems I must be missing something.
One further question; when using backhaul, assuming it can be made to work, do all secondary nodes have to be back-hauled or can it be a mix?
UPDATE: No sooner posted this, fart arsed around again resetting the nodes with backhaul and it's working. Technology is great. When it works.
Cheers