How to force connect to particular Deco
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Hi,
I am wondering, wether it is possible to set, to which Deco unit should be connected concrete device.
My example: I have 3 Decos and in some rooms, there are air purifiers, cameras or gateway. As I checked, for example gateway is not connected to Deco, which is in same room, but to another, which is far away. And gateway reports, that signal is bad. And as I not move with this gateway, I want to force to stay connected to Deco, which is in same room, 2 meters from it, so from signal point of view, it should be much more better.
So, how to force it and how to set, that this device should be connected to expected Deco?
Thank you!
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@Betacart I found that there's a WPS button for each Deco in the advanced wifi options in the App. If you click the button of the deco you want and click on WPS on the device it will connect to said Deco. Then you can turn off the mesh option on the device. That should do the trick. However, I don't know how reliable it is.
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+1. I have exectly the same issue. Very annoying
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@Kevin_Z is the option to disable mesh for especific devices available in all deco models? I have the E4 model and I don't see that option.
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I'd like to add my voice to thew ability to connect to a particular mesh device. I have the TP_Link Archer7 main router and two TP300 mesh device range extenders.
While I have one mesh device closer to my laptop the laptop continues to remain connected to the main router to which it originally connected. Even having the laptop off for a week it didn't look for a better connection.
Are you saying to not operate in a meshed setup for better performance? If you do that then you'd end up in my case with 3 network names, one for each device as opposed to single network name across all devices.
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Hello all,
Sorry to tell you that there is no option to force connect to a particular Deco yet. While we have noted that and will improve this feature in future firmware updates, please be more patient with that.
Theoretically, the Deco system will recommend the client device to roam to the closest Deco unit when the device is moving around. However, whether to roam or not depends on the device itself.
Some devices may stay connected to the original Deco unit rather than connecting to the closest Deco, possible reasons include the following:
1) The device doesn't support the roaming protocol. Then it won't roam until it disconnects from the Deco unit.
2) The device may regard the signal strength of the current connection is still strong enough and don't want to roam to another Deco unit. It's decided by the roaming threshold which is set by the vendor of the device.
Hopefully, that answers your question but let us know if you need more details.
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Hi, thanks for your explanation and as you stated, there are also some settings from device maker. Anyways, presence of selecting, to which sattelite I can connect i much more needed, specially, when device, from any reason, don't want to connect to slosest sattelite.
Please, put this option to top of the list, as this shoud have priority for FW update. I am still encountering problems connecting lots of devices and manually checking, to which Deco they connect.
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Please add me to the list that desperately needs this feature. It is imperative for my devices. Thanks!
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You do realize your statement is an excuse and not an answer???? Look how old this thread is and you keep repeating the same statement. I'm saying this because in 2020 my Deco M5's experience the same issues.
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Absolutely this 'feature' is necessary. In reality there should not be a need. It can actually be said that this device is not fit for purpose as the claims for the ability of the device does not match the description. It is entirely misleading that connected devices will select the appropriate node. This ability needs to be fixed and the ability to be able to select a node would be at least one measure to enable this fix.
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