mesh networking (Huawei AX AX3000)

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Hi all
I'm not a big believer in wireless networks and stick with wired were possible.

I've been using powerline plugs to get everything possible plugged in but the units I have are old and are not getting the speeds (or possible stability) they need.

Just purchased 2 of these units as they work as a mesh and was wondering if they are likely to yield good results?

First unit will be the main AP that connects to my edgerouter and the second unit will replace the powerline used downstairs to feed the TV stand which has sky glass TV, android TV box, PS4, Xbox one s and a raspberry pi.

Should I just connect them all to WiFi or mesh the units and have them connect by switch to the mesh?

I know none of my devices have wifi6 but will the link over mesh be better than WiFi direct from the end devices?

As they're all connected to the TV only one is likely to be in use at a time.

Any thoughts?

Cheers in advance
 
So it looks like you can't have these both set to AP mode in mesh. One of them has to be a router which really throws a spanner in the works as it now gives me different subnets which can't communicate with each other grrr
Looks like at least one of these are going back
 
@WJA96 this router has the most basic setup I've seen for a long time. no static routes config either. also would have to set up DNS forwarders and MDNS stuff which I'm not sure how to do if I'm honest. (think this would be a lot easier if it had a CLI (and I knew what to do with it lol))

@sandys I set the first AX3 to AP mode and then connected the second one to the first as a WiFi repeater.
was the only way to make it work for the purpose I need it for.
unfortunately, the performance is all over the place.

Think I'm going to replace the old kit with a gigabit powerline kit and see if it has the desired effect.

TP link states the powerline plugs are linked between 225-280Mbps but the link light on my switch is showing it's connected at 100Mbps so maybe that's my bottleneck along with some interference
 
WJA96 said:
Surely you’re making this more difficult than it needs to be. Turn off NAT on the EdgeRouter and pass traffic to the primary AX3 which will then pass traffic to the other AX3(s) meshed to it. Nothing more is required, surely?
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yes I am lol
that said the AX3 doesn't have all the functions I need from a router. I have a few VLANs and a WAN failover setup on the ERX so I cant give those up.
I've set up both AX3's as APs. Got rid of the powerline plugs as they just arent cutting it anymore and looking at reviews even the more expensive units cant really do the job well.
I would love to rewire the place but I don't own it and don't want to spend that much on something I might only get a couple years out of (thinking of having kids soon and may need a bigger place)
I've run and dropped a cat6 cable from the office to the living room and then got the tv bench connected with a managed switch with the second AX3 running from there.
It's a bit overkill having the second AP but I mainly use it for load balancing the wifi as we have a lot of devices and don't want to risk unstable connections

@dl8860 go for it :)
 
dl8860 said:
I struggled a lot to start with getting the mesh going. I think I was trying to be to clever with settings, and got so annoyed that I just factory reset them all and followed the simplest instructions possible.

It worked straight away, even moreso when I redid it from scratch recently to have the quad core as main, it literally took minutes. So I'd encourage you to try again if you can bear to.
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its not that i couldnt get it to work. i didnt work for my requirements. i need the ax3 that connects directly to my router to be in AP mode and the mesh doesnt work if thats the case. might give the mesh thing another go when im in a bigger place and have fttp. but for now im on a 5G connection and have another 5G failover so need to use my ERX and external modem setup.
 
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