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How do I create dedicated backhaul between X6S EX8000 Wireless Extender and Asus triband router?
I am trying to connect my EX8000 wireless extender to my main router, an Asus triband GT-AX11000. The default SSIDs for the two 5 MHz bands on the router are xxxxx-5G for low band, xxxxx-5G-2 for hi ...
Come to think of it - thinking out loud -
Triband device divides high and low 5 MHz channels into two separate networks with separate throughput and bandwidth.
A dual access device has all of the 5 MHz channels under one network - but its the same range of channels.
So if the triband router's hi band is dedicated as backhaul for an extender connection (what I'm trying to acheive) - but my wired access point (third device) is dual band and will offer ALL the 5MHz channels, including the router's "dedicated" channel - can the backhaul ever actually be dedicated?
In other words, if the EX8000 backhaul to the router is on hi band ch 157, and other devices connect to my wired access poinr on the same channel (can anything prevent that?) , is the backhaul still dedicated? I guess it is on a different radio..
trying to grasp...
Yes, Orbi does this. It take the low channels of 5Ghz 36-48 and puts this on 1 wifi radio. The higher channels, 149-165 are reserved for it's wireless backhaul between the base router is it's extenders. This is only for wireles backhaul and is not user configuratable or usable by user devices. It's only used between the base router and the extenders. I don't know for sure if the same limitation applies to non mesh routers that have the ability to let the user configure the 3rd radio for dedicated wireless backhaul. I presume it may not as I did notice to day that I could connect to either of the 5Ghz radios with either of the extenders.
I would bring this up with ASUS to see how to configure the ASUS for MESH and if there is a deticated wireless backhaul. I believe there maybe however I haven't tried this. I presume that since ASUS has there AI MESH system, this would be something similar to NGs Orib MESH system.
Yes, it makes sense that Asus AiMesh would operate that way - but if that is the case, it should provide a way for 3rd party devices that want to use the backhaul the same way to use it. The Netgear EX8000 extender does not show up as a potential Asus Mesh node if I search for nodes. I guess Asus AI Mesh is Asus only. I've pretty much given up on that.
But using my setup without Mesh - just Asus router, Asus wired access point, and Netgear EX8000 extender - should work, and is working. I'm just trying to figure out how to make the extender's backhaul band dedicated, with no other devices on it.Probably something that may not be compatible. Something to ask ASUS about to see if it maybe possible with there HW. OF course, some mfrs only allow compatibiity with in there own domain so something to keep in mind.
Good Luck.