@Zaskar2097 

That may be your experience, but it's certaily not mine. Which Access Points did you use, and were they all tagged as the same network? I have 3 WA-TL3001 Access Points around the house plus my Archer AX73 - all on the same network. There's no "overlapping" networks from different nodes, as you suggest. It's one network with overlapping wifi zones. Modern devices like iPhones will move to the strongest signal as I walk around the house but they never leave the Network I'm using because it's all the same network.

I didn't mention "Mesh" in my message, I'm talking about achieving ethernet backhaul and wifi coverage. "Mesh" seems to be a way to resolve the problems inherent in WiFi networks but if you have wired ethernet it's largely irrelevant.

Go to any open plan office, or similar, and you'll see no-one is obsessing about "Mesh". They use overlapping wired Access Points all on the same network. That's what I have done.

@Zaskar2097 

mesh with ethernet backhaul works with routers in Access Point mode. I use 2 Ax55 as remote nodes for example. The drawback is that they are not so nice and use more power, the advantage is that you can use a larger number of LAN ports.

  @serengeti That's a really good solution. Here in Australia you can pick up an AX55 for about the same price as a RE705X. Mesh, ethernet backhaul and multiple LAN ports in one package. Yes, larger than a wall plug Range Extender but so much more useful. And you always have a spare router if your base unit dies! 

  @David-TP Any plans to support RE330 in the near future? 
Curious to what is the difference within RE315 and RE330 or what do the numbers mean? 

Also filters for backhaul not working on page.

Bums trying to guess what would tplink do with its products and support for features.

  @David-TP 

Hi, is there any chance to add support for wired Backhaul to RE505X V1?

  @David-TP I recently purchased an RE605X (V3) and discovered during setup that it does not support Ethernet backhaul. Considering this model is actively listed on TP-Link’s website (and even promoted as new in some EU countries), it’s surprising that such a fundamental feature is missing.

Could you provide any information on when Ethernet backhaul support will be added? It would be helpful to have at least an estimated timeline for this feature.

  @David-TP When will easymesh ethernet backhaul support be added to the RE705X? I just bought this product and was honestly quite surprised that it wasn't supported already. The product documentation should be updated to point out this huge shortcoming until the firmware is upgraded to support it.

  @hwelcher & @mmaicon , see this comment that I wrote in May this year.

In the era of generative artificial intelligence, their lack of committement to adding Ethernet backhaul to the extenders is appalling.

Plus, given TP-Link's very questionable practice of releasing multiple hardware versions of the same products keeping exactly the same product name, which I described in this comment, I wouldn't be surprised if they simply add ethernet backhaul in future new versions of the extenders, instead of adding this functionality to the models already released.

What are your thoughts on this?

Edit: amended the links to my comments.

  @David-TP Please support RE705X.

I purchased the RE330 but found out the ethernet cable only supports 100 m/s. With trust of TP link products, I have purchased RE705X and shockingly realise that RE705X does not support Ethernet Backhaul!! This is huge disappointment. Please help to support the RE705X as honestly I think this is an expected feature.