@Kevin_Z  after BE805 upgrade to new firmware, I connect 2 backhoe to be550. All the WiFi is totally no stable... please fix it.. 

  @Kevin_Z 

Kevin_Z wrote

 

Yazza007 wrote

  @Kevin_Z 

 

Does the AX55 Pro now support EasyMesh with Ethernet Backhaul? It is not on the list of routers on the first page of this thread.

 

@Yazza007 As per the EasyMesh Compatibility List and also confirmed with the engineering team, AX55 Pro V2/v2.6 does support EasyMesh with Ethernet Backhaul.

 

AX55 Pro V1 has not yet integrated EasyMesh with Ethernet Backhaul, but a new version of firmware that adds support for EasyMesh with Ethernet Backhaul is on the way and it could be available for upgrade in a week or two.

What version number will start supporting ethernet backhaul? (AX55 Pro V1)

My 1.2.3 Build 20231103 rel.66045(4555) unfortunately does not connect over ethernet.

  @Kevin_Z 

Hi, 
I currently have an Archer AX53 as Main Router for Easy Mesh, then I have an AX10 as satellite in a garage. Seems like the signal gets lost sometimes at nigth when all doors are closed.
I was wondering if I place another satellite device between them like an RE315 or another AX10, signal problems would be solved, or if the connection works only from main to satellite - so I need to install the beta on the AX53 for the ethernet backhaul 

  @Pseudo98 

Hi,

Just a couple of things.

1) The "switch to Satellite Mode" function does exactly the same as performing a factory reset via the GUI or by pressing the "Reset" button on the back of the router. Either of these three methods will result in the same.

2) The router that is to be added as an EasyMesh Satellite is only discoverable by the main router as long as it is in that after-factory-reset state. As soon as you create a login password and log into that router it will not be discoverable anymore.

To sum it up. Reset the AX53 to factory defaults via any of the three means mentioned earlier. Give it a little time to let it boot up (at least until the two Wi-Fi LEDs turn on). In your main router's EasyMesh menu click "Add Satellite Devices" and go through the process. Alternatively you can also connect the routers by using the WPS button method.

Pseudo98 wrote

One final thought after writing all that, could my 'main' router being on 192.168.0.1 be the cause of the Satellite not being discovered after it's reboot? Even though they are airgapped it probably isn't very helpful for the 'client' router defaulting to 192.168.0.1... although I suspect it is even actually rebooting into a discoverable Satellite mode from what I can tell.

I may test again this weekend with my 'main' router on a different IP that won't conflict with a factory reset but right now any enthusiasm I have for further testing is gone especially with the prospect of having to restart 23 devices to get a new gateway after DHCP changes.

Screw it, I did this just now, no joy. 

  @Kevin_Z Terrible experience on AX53, no satellites, no backhaul, nothing, wasted hours.

I have 2 x AX53 V1, updated both updated to 1.2.4 Build 20240206 rel.41393(4555) beta firmware with zero success setting up EasyMesh, the most spectactular errors include:
 

• Android Teather app not allowing to change EasyMesh mode from Router to Satellite mode on the intended 'client' AX53 (it's literally unclickable), forcing me to use wired connection directly to the router in an airgapped network (PC and client Router only, no internet or connection to the rest of my LAN)
• When changing mode on the client router to EasyMesh Satellite via the web interface and starting the scan on the main Router the client Router reboots to factory defaults, doesn't appear on the main Router scan and basically sits there doing nothing, both wired to the LAN or trying with nothing connected as instucted, when I log in after waiting a reasonable amount of time for multiple main Router scans to fail it is in inital setup as a new router with EasyMesh disabled by deault once I complete the inital setup.

This is a seperate issue that has always nagged at me but is mostly irrelivent, all this would be almost impossible due to the DNS hijacking for http://tplinkwifi.net for an adverage user, I had to use a combination of airgapped wired network and wireless using Teather to be able to administer both devices simultaniously because default LAN gateway is 192.168.0.1 on my 'main' AX53 and with the reset to defaults on the 'client' router when attempting EasyMesh Satellite also being 192.168.0.1 and both these routers continually being annoyed with me trying to use http://192.168.0.x and trying to continually revert to http://tplinkwifi.net.

This is a general request, allow use to disable the DNS hijack completely and administer our devices using IP addresses, this has always been a pain and just exacerbates this testing.

I have been waiting for backhaul forever, I thought it would be a feature when I initally puchased these routers and I've had to run one as an access point for a year and had basically given up on having a mesh network, I was so excited to find out about this update but it's been nothing but disappointing.

One final thought after writing all that, could my 'main' router being on 192.168.0.1 be the cause of the Satellite not being discovered after it's reboot? Even though they are airgapped it probably isn't very helpful for the 'client' router defaulting to 192.168.0.1... although I suspect it is even actually rebooting into a discoverable Satellite mode from what I can tell.

I may test again this weekend with my 'main' router on a different IP that won't conflict with a factory reset but right now any enthusiasm I have for further testing is gone especially with the prospect of having to restart 23 devices to get a new gateway after DHCP changes.

Can you ask your engineers to please confirm that restarting an AX53 in EasyMesh Satellite mode is indeed actually making it discoverable in testing?

  @Kevin_Z 
 

So I am looking forward to it! I bought ax55 pro v1 a week ago because support confirmed that it has ethernet backhaul. Unfortunately, I was very saddened when I found information on the Internet that it does not have it, however. I have been trying to get this feature working for a week and thought I was doing something wrong.
I have an additional 3 archer c6 routers and wanted to set the ax55 pro router as the main one in the house. 

What version number (eu) will this update have?

  @Kevin_Z 

Hello,

Mainly just posting to advocate for the EasyMesh feature to be implemented to the AX6600 Archer GX90 router v. 1.6

Was bought few years ago, still a premium device. Only it doesn't feature EasyMesh.

Question for anyone out there:

I just purchased an AX10, and would like to establish a wired back haul of some sorts with my main gx90. I prefer to do this by setting AX10, either as wireless mesh, or wired AP. Would prefer to have GX90 as main router since it has better specs. If I set AX10 as my main would it even be worth it?

Some tools also available in my arsenal: some EasySmart Managed Switches(108e v6.6, 2 105E v. 5.6  , an RE315, a PA7017P(v. 4.6) power-line kit, as well as some new TP hardware: an AX1500 (v. 1) Travel Router and an LS108GP.

I know I can make something work, but wondering what a more experienced user would do with the hardware available?

Also, can you please update GX90 v1.6 firmware to provide EasyMesh? I didn't care about any of this stuff when I bought it, and I don't wish to up or downgrade.

Thanks all.

AngeloWinicius wrote

 
So because I switched to the newer version, leaving the BETA version, would it be possible to put the BETA firmware of the ax53 v1 to download?

  @AngeloWinicius 

Page 1 of this thread was updated today and now links to the firmware verison 1.2.4 beta again.