TP-Link 2 EAP Access Points with MLO backhaul

TP-Link 2 EAP Access Points with MLO backhaul

TP-Link 2 EAP Access Points with MLO backhaul
TP-Link 2 EAP Access Points with MLO backhaul
Monday - last edited 14 hours ago
Model: EAP783  
Hardware Version: V1
Firmware Version: 1.1.5

Good afternoon,

I recently purchased two EAP783(EU) v1.0 Access Points, which offer speeds of up to 19,000 Mbps and feature three Wi-Fi bands: 2.4, 5 and 6 GHz

 

The first Access Point is connected via cable to my LAN using an Ethernet connection to a 10Gb switch, and I have verified that it synchronises at 10Gb, but for various reasons, I cannot run an Ethernet cable to where the second Access Point is located, so I thought the communication between the two Access Points in the mesh would be via Wi-Fi. However, I assumed that to establish this mesh connection, it would utilise the full power of the Wi-Fi, combining all three bands in MLO to aggregate the speeds, but I have not been able to achieve this.

 

I can only get the connection to work using a single band, the 6GHz band; no matter how many combinations of Wi-Fi settings I’ve tried on both Access Points, it’s impossible. I’ve also been searching online for how to use TP-Link EAP Access Points with MLO backhaul, but I haven’t found anything; perhaps it’s my fault and I didn’t search properly.

 

I’d be grateful if any of you could help me with this aim of using MLO to configure the MLO backhaul in a mesh network. Many thanks, best regards.

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Re:TP-Link 2 EAP Access Points with MLO backhaul-Solution
14 hours ago - last edited 14 hours ago

 

Hi,@JM_Barri 
Thank you for posting on our business forum.

 

We would like to clarify the functional design of MLO (Multi-Link Aggregation) on EAP783: currently, MLO-enabled tri-band aggregation is only supported between the access point and connected Wi-Fi client devices.

Mesh backhaul links between two EAP access points are designed to operate over 5GHz or 6GHz band, therefore cross-band tri-band MLO aggregation for inter-AP Mesh backhaul is not supported.

 

Thank you again for your valuable feedback.

 

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  @JM_Barri 

Hello again,

I’ve just tried the beta firmware 1.2.0 and the result is the same – it only connects to the 6 GHz frequency, not to the 2.4 + 5 + 6 GHz MLO.

Many thanks for your help. Best regards.

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14 hours ago - last edited 14 hours ago

 

Hi,@JM_Barri 
Thank you for posting on our business forum.

 

We would like to clarify the functional design of MLO (Multi-Link Aggregation) on EAP783: currently, MLO-enabled tri-band aggregation is only supported between the access point and connected Wi-Fi client devices.

Mesh backhaul links between two EAP access points are designed to operate over 5GHz or 6GHz band, therefore cross-band tri-band MLO aggregation for inter-AP Mesh backhaul is not supported.

 

Thank you again for your valuable feedback.

 

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13 hours ago

  @Jeremy_12 
 

OK, thank you very much for clarifying that.

In my opinion, if a connection is to be prioritised and use MLO frequencies (2.4 + 5 + 6 GHz), it should be between two access points, as there is little point in having a connection between the client and the access point (2.4 + 5 + 6 GHz) if the link between this mesh access point and the one connected to the wired network is only at 6GHz.

I don’t know if this issue only occurs in the EAP product range, or in all TP-Link products such as Deco, EasyMesh, OneMesh, etc., with Wi-Fi 7 MLO, but it strikes me as a weakness to bear in mind wherever it occurs, and if I’m not mistaken, other manufacturers do not have this problem. I hope that one day TP-Link will resolve the issue. Many thanks to everyone, best regards.
 

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