separate 5/6ghz channel assignments for wired decos
Add an option in the Deco app or web interface to “Enable Separate Wi-Fi Channel for Wired Backhaul Units.” When enabled, any node detected as Ethernet-backhauled would present a separate channel, independent of the main deco channel. additionally, this feature would not affect nodes using wireless backhaul as they need to be on the same channel to communicate with the main deco.
This change would immediately reduce co-channel interference in networks with weird nodes, leading to higher stability and faster speeds for end users all without compromising mesh integrity for wireless-only units.
Hi, can I have the model number and firmware version of your Deco?
I saw that this feature has been supported for some models under the 2.4 GHz band, but not for the 5 GHz band.
Due to the wider bandwidth of 5 GHz, 5 GHz is not usually as crowded as 2.4 GHz. I tend to think the weak signal was due to wireless distance/physical barriers.
If you have the EU version of Deco, there haven't been many options left for the combined channels used for 80 MHz as well as 160 MHz: 42 or 58 for 80 MHz/50 for 160 MHz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels
Wait for your reply.
Best regards.
I hope this feature can come to the Deco line soon it's incredibly useful as it reduces interference. I've noticed that other mesh systems experience interference on the 2.4GHz band (when using wireless backhaul over 5GHz, requiring the 5GHz to operate on the same band) and also on the 5GHz band (when the node uses wired backhaul or connects to the main node over 2.4GHz). Using separate bands really helps minimize interference, especially when wired backhaul is used. This can be achieved by splitting the 2.4GHz band into three non-overlapping channels or the 5GHz band into two or three non-overlapping 160MHz channels.
Currently, with three mesh units, my 2.4GHz performance has degraded from 40Mbps with only one Deco running to just 10–20Mbps. This is clearly due to interference from the other Decos (and yes, I made sure in both cases that I was connected to the same Deco and at the same distance, to rule out other variables).
Example of other mesh systems with this feature:
