Hello Kevin

Thanks for the reply..

I have done that and the DSTV was able to connect after i disabled the Fast Roaming (which is a bad thing like disabling the ABS system on your car for your reverse camera to work), the QoS and high priority devices did not do anything..

I have switched the DECOs to AP mode with other single TP LINK router  just to test the functionality and the performance was the same as a router mode, and i have noticed after i switched on the WIFI on the single router, that the signal of that router is showing full strength by the USB3000 and it was next to the main DECO 10m away but the DECO's signal is weak even with the 2nd node being close 1m to the USB3000 dongle.

Also noticed a strange weak detected SSID (SCXNK003E9833) by the USB3000 and it doesn't exist, and it is not constant as well, it appears and then it disappears it seeems its something integrated in the DECO that is been detected separately , because when i clicked to connect to that network while the Fast Roaming was off,  it went in but it was my SSID which is my DECO system..

I have done wifi analysis and everything seems to be good, what it is causing the legacy devices not to work with DECO, or what is causing DECO not to work with them under 802.11k/r/v ??

Do not bother contacting the teches of that product they are useless, actually individuals from the forum are much more active and helpful than the hired support team.

Yes the USB3000 does support the 5GHz as well as 2.4 GHz bands... i have seen both of them listed in the network lost of that USB dongle and with a strong signal and the router was located where the main DECO is 

So no matter how close or far you are, the USB3000 always show a weak signal of the DECO network and it will not connect to it unless you switch the Fast Roaming off

To have another router or wifi extender as a solution it pathetic to me.. why sould i get DECO in first place if o have to use another equipment  for my wifi devices to connect to the network?!!

Is the DECOs not compliant with legacy devices ?!!! 

1. Interesting point about enabling a guest network.  Are you suggesting that the "Guest network" can be enabled without FR enabled?

How many networks can be enabled on the M9 Plus?  I was under the impression only, two, On normal private Network and one Guest Network?

2.  The Guest Network can be configured without the fancy features such as BeamForming, FR and AP Steering?

3. Activating the separate router, colocated with the Main Node will set up a second "network" in the same bands. Can a second router be connected to any of the Nodes in this fashion? How does one then prevent both the networks setup competing for the same channels? Hence why I cannot understand why the Deco M9 Plus does not allow for channel pre-selection to help to avoid "interference" with congested channels form other networks?

Hi

Thats what i thought the USB3000 doesn’t support 802.11r but some teches suggest that could be the DECO that is not downward compatible with legacy devices nad it is not mature enough..

1-The single router i have used is Ancher MC200 i used it before i got my Fiber and turned it into router mode, also the extender RE450 shos a full signal and works

2- I have done this test before and it didn’t change anything, the connectivity always requires a FR off and the internet stability is ok but the signal is weak

3- i have done it and i repeated today.. the signal for both is weak and also only work if FR is off..

After disabling the guest wifi i could still see the SSID but this time it was full signal with no lock/password next to it

It looks like DSTV saves all the SSID that i clicked on in some short memory... because usually when i reboot the DSTV the list get removed except for guest network maybe because it was broadcasted from same device that is still borad

Yes it looks like the two devices are not made for each other

Thanks for the support

Hi

Fir now i have the DSTV wired to the 2nd node and its working nicely

The only way to refresh that list is to reboot the DSTV and i have done twice that’s how i got rid off the strange SSID but the guest network is still showing there, this is the DSTV firmare issue as far as im concern and it has nothing to do with DECO

My problem is that DSTV doesn’t support Fast Roaming and i will not turn it off just for that, also the wifi strength that is either cuased by DECO or DSTV and that’s what i want to know..