@DickGroen In order for the two APs to mesh, they must be on a common radio channel, so yes, absolutely normal that the child node channel tracks the root node channel. Meshing is accomplished using...

@DickGroen Hi, please review this thread, specifically my posts #2 and #4 for some optimization ideas https://community.tp-link.com/en/business/forum/topic/640848?replyId=1278220 Some tricks I use...

@Pomada I think it may be a limitation in the Asus firmware. Don't suppose you have a POE injector and could connect the AP directly to the Asus router's LAN port (ie remove the switch between the AP...

@Pomada Are you briadcastingvthe same SSID from both Asus and TPlink EAP? If so, try using a different SSID for each and retry. I used to have an AC68U in my setup and it didn't play nice with TPLINK...

@Pomada Sounds like an ARP cache timeout issue. I assume your EAP is connected to a some 3rd party router/modem device?

@OrangeStreet port isolation only breaks broadcast traffic, the actual ethernet physical link is very much alive and well. Not a solution unfortunately. I understand not wanting to mess with...