[New Firmware] Onemesh firmware for Archer AX11000
Update on June 15, 2021:
The new official Onemesh firmware for Archer AX11000 is available now, please check for the updates on the router web GUI or Tether app in one day or two for the new update. You can also download the new firmware from TP-Link official website, and install it manually:
https://www.tp-link.com/support/download/archer-ax11000/#Firmware
Note: You will be unable to downgrade to the previous firmware version after updating this firmware.
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Hello everyone,
We understand you have been waiting for the Onemesh firmware for Archer AX11000 for long, here comes with the beta version. You can manually update your router firmware if you would like to implement the Onemesh with some existing range extenders.
This is the download link:
https://static.tp-link.com/beta/2021/202104/20210416/ax11000v1-up-ver1-2-0-P8[20210415-rel78917]_beta_2021-04-16_10.34.39.zip (No need to install this beta version anymore)
Refer to this guide to add the existing extender to the Onemesh network:
https://www.tp-link.com/support/faq/2509/
We hope you could help provide some details about the network layout, which will help us to understand your usage better:
1. What is the model number of the range extender that you want to add to the AX11000 Onemesh network? How many extenders?
2. How large of the house, how are the AX11000 and the range extenders located, are all on the same floor, or on different floors?
3. How about the Onemesh network performance? Is it as good as expected?
Do let us know how it goes. Have a nice day.
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Thanks for the update. Can you please check the email that we sent to you then confirm? We can discuss via email, and update here once the issue is confirmed.
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I have an AX11000 router with a RE315 and RE605X in a mesh configuration using SmartConnect. It's working well. Two things I've noticed.
If I have my AX11000 in WPA2/WPA3 mode it seems to cause my Mobile WPA3 client devices to not connect when they transfer from the AX11000 to one of the RE devices. I have to turn off/on wifi on the client to get it to connect properly. It works fine when I set the AX11000 to support WPA2 only. I'm assuming this is because the RE devices don't support WPA3, but I thought the client devices would fall back to WPA2 automatically when connecting to the RE devices.
Also, while using OneMesh is there anyway to get one of my RE devices to connect to the AX11000 on the lower 5 GHZ band, and the other RE device to connect on the upper 5GHZ band of the AX11000? By default both connect to the lower 5GHZ band and that upper band doesn't get any utilization.
Thanks in advance.
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For the first issue you mentioned that the device cannot connect to the RE network automatically when moving from the AX11000 to the RE network, may we know what is the brand and model of it? It will roam correctly when changing the security on the AX11000 to WPA/WPA2-PSK, how about the version and encryption, are both Auto? As you know, the WPA3 is the next generation of Wi-Fi security of WPA2, it's new, and it is not widely implemented on all devices yet, manufacturers for both routers and phones may be involved in different developing stages, so you may encounter some issues. However, don't worry about this, the developers are working on it to improve and optimize the WPA3 working mechanism.
For your other concern that if we can choose the two RE to connect to different frequencies on the router, I'm afraid not. It only opens the 5G-1 for Onemesh connection, and 5G-2 is used for the other clients.
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@Kevin_Z Thank you for the reply. The AX11000 and the RE's work fine when I have the security on AX11000 set to WPA/WPA2-Personal, the version set to WPA2-PSK and the encryption set to AES.
I experienced problems when I had the AX11000 configured to WPA2/WPA3-Personal and the version was set to auto. The client devices that I experienced the problem on are two different but same model Samsung Galaxy s9+ phones. WPA2 security is working for me now, I just wanted to pass along I was experiencing the problem with WPA3.
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Thank you very much for the detailed information. We would like to investigate the issue further via email, please kindly check and respond.
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Firstly, the Deco X20 can work with the AX11000 without an issue, below are some typical network layouts that you can refer to:
General questions about Ethernet Backhaul feature on your Deco
While it will not join the Onemesh network, since Deco mesh and Onemesh are totally different technologies used on different TP-Link products, so they are not compatible. You can check these QAs in this article:
Several questions about the OneMesh™ and Mesh
If you ask, we would suggest you buy a Onemesh range extender instead of a Deco X20 for the Onemesh system, or you can rebuild the mesh system with Deco mesh, which is better than mixing them up.
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Thanks for your help.
If i buy a TP-Link OneMesh RE605X can I connect that to the Archer AX11000 using the ethernet port on the RE605X?
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Nope, RE605X can only join the Onemesh network via wireless, this is also mentioned in the article that I shared with you:
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Thanks was checking that I understood what "backhaul" meant.
Are there any devices that can create a onemesh network with AX11000 and connect via ethernet.
The need is to get service where I have an ethernet connection but is too distant from the AX11000 for a reasonable signal.
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