Wired Wifi Mesh

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Wired Wifi Mesh
Wired Wifi Mesh
2024-03-31 10:52:24 - last edited 2024-10-25 10:32:10

Dear community, I would like to connect a Wifi mesh to take advantage of the intelligent Node connection when you are moving at home, (i dont know but I exclude the AP and wifi extenders from my possible options).

I want to use the RJ45 connections from my internet provider modem and connect one of each outputs to one of each NODES (see image below), essentially i want to replace the wifi6 connection between nodes by RJ45 ethernet cable (better quality of signal i suppose).

I want also to have 4 wifi SSIDs:

- 2.4G 

- 5 G

- 2.4G or 5G Guess no access to the other networks

- IOT 2.4G separate network

 

is it possible? or it should consider an Access Point? Im afraid that the intelligent node connection is not going to be possible with the AP option.

Many thanks for your help :)

 

 

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Re:Wired Wifi Mesh
2024-03-31 14:00:51

  @SOSOTE 

 

You can have that network diagram when running Deco mesh in Access Point mode. For TP-Link Deco specifically, "Access Point" means Deco will provide WiFi mesh with intelligent node connection, seamless device roaming between nodes and central single point of WiFi mesh configuration which is Deco app. Internet provider modem/router will manage LAN (IP address allocations, DNS, DHCP, etc.).

In that respect, Deco "Access Point" mode is not the same as generic WiFi Access Point. It is true WiFi mesh with LAN management offloaded to modem/router.

 

I have three Deco nodes hardwired to ISP modem/router, running in AP mode, I can guarantee it works just like WiFi mesh should.

 

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In regard to SSIDs you want to have:

 

1. Separate 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz SSIDs for main network.

 

You won't have this. Deco mesh runs single Main Network SSID for dual band. What I would recommend is run Main Network on 5GHz only and connect all 2.4GHz devices to IoT network.

 

2. 2.4G or 5G Guess no access to the other networks.

 

You can have this. You can have isolated Guest network and you can configure it to be 2.4 GHz only, 5 GHz only or dual-band. Note that for Guest Network ISP modem/router is default gateway, DNS and DHCP server. Which means, at least in theory device on Guest Network could access ISP modem/router WebUI. You can deal with that by configuring strong password on modem/router and/or by restricting which IP addresses can access management interface.

 

3. IOT 2.4G separate network

 

You can have this.

 

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One more thing about TP-Link: they have many Deco models and these models are not consistent with feature set. For example, some offer IoT network, some don't. If you have specific Deco model in mind, I might be able to check for you if it provides IoT network. If you haven't, I may be able to provide recommendations, depending on your expectations from Deco nodes, such as: WiFi protocol you want supported (WiFi 6, 6E, or 7), ISP modem/router Ethernet ports speed (gigabit or higher), speed of Internet link.

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