I already have a home network with a Netgear main router and 2 ax1800 connected with cable. how can I extend the range of the network by adding another ax1800 wirelessly?
You have an option in the AX1800's web admin interface to wirelessly extend an existing network. Just plug the power cord of your router and connect your PC to your router through an ethernet cable. Then access the web interface (should be accessible at 192.168.31.1) and there, you should see an option to wirelessly extend your existing network. You could check my video where I explain all the settings of the AX1800 (but in a WAN configuration so not what you are looking for but it still show you how to access) ua-cam.com/video/3dAcODFWvxg/v-deo.html Maybe it's possible to do it from a smartphone wirelessly just by pluging the power cord but I never tried it so I can't tell for sure. Hope that helps !
In a mesh network with xiaomi routers, multiple nodes (such as wifi routers) form a single network with greater coverage.? Connecting devices can see only one network without any problem when roaming across the entire network?, for example, when you move with a client (for example a mobile), the mobile connects to each of the different nodes automatically? Thanks
Sorry for the late answer, I didn't really understand the question the first time I read it. Yes, the mesh router makes only one big network and your devices are going to automatically switch to one another node according to which node provides the best bandwidth without you having to do anything. Hope it helps, thanks for watching !
A mesh network could really help to get good speed and coverage inside all the house. Moreover, it does not cost that much if you use Xiaomi or Redmi devices for example. So yeah, would definitely recommend such setup. Hope I helped you, don't forget to subscribe to the channel if it is the case 🙂
Hello, i have xiaomi ax3600 router and i need to add mesh router. Can i buy mesh router(that have 3 pieces) from different company like tp link, d-link or huawei...?
If i set the mesh on 2nd unit of ax1800 then not control to 5ghz channel selection menially on 2nd unit..! Cz my phone only supported 149,153,157 channel... But 2nd unit set auto channel selection like 36 channel... Any solution ?
I heard that MESH won't work between a chinese version and a global version. Make sure that both of your routers are from the same region. If you bought different regions ones, you can try to set another firmware inside your router. I can't really help as I never went for a custom firmware with one of my routers but I am sure there are plenty of tutorials out there. If both are from the same region (which I doubt if that didn't work with the video), you can try to reset the routers again and follow the video once more.
Definitely the Redmi AX6 for me, it has 2 more antennas, more RAM and 4*4 mimo over the 5GHz band compare to the AX3 Pro. Both have good processors, a good OS and good coverage. I did make reviews and unboxings of the 2 products so you can check them out if you want to get more details 🙂 Hope I helped, don't forget to subscribe if you want to support the channel !
The Xiaomi mesh systems only works between Xiaomi and Redmi routers. You cannot use it with another router but you can still use the repeater mode with your Huawei router.
do you allready try it, the mesh fuction is really seamless or not ? try it using whatsup call / video call don't youtube or streaming video i'm really antusias changing my old mesh to newer system
Yep, as you can see in the video, I tried it, it worked really smoothly for me. The speed and the coverage are great 🙂 Hope I helped you, don't forget to subscribe if you want to support the channel 🙂
I have 2 Xiaomi ax1800 routers. I changed the firmware to the one that has the mesh node available (1.038 if I recall) to both of them. I press the mesh button and it says that it doesn't find the other router even if it is 1 inch away! I really don't know what to do!
Make sure to upgrade both routers to the latest firmware available. Once it's done you can try to reset them. If you already tried this, try using the other router as master and the other one as node. If it still doesn't work, you can reach up Xiaomi through email, chat or phone thanks to this link www.mi.com/global/support/contact/ Hope it helps, thanks for watching the video 🙂
You log-in into the admin account of 192.168.31.1. Then you plugged the router afterwards? Isn't it backwards? How were you able to connect to the admin account of 192.168.31.1 when the router was not yet plugged-in to outlet?
That's the second router (the node) I am plugging into the wall and resetting (the white Redmi AX6). Meanwhile I was connected to the management interface of the first router (the master - black Xiaomi X1800) that I showed at the beginning of the video 🙂 Thanks for watching, hope the video was helpful anyway !
Hey, I previously answered a similar question just a day before so I'll paste the same comment here 🙂 "Privacy issues are really a topic I don't have any clue about. For such things, we would have to get access to the proprietary firmware and check what's inside and I don't think it's possible. So we have the people that don't want to trust and the ones that do, it's a tough question but I hope you get what I mean when I say I can't really try to light you about it, it's because I have no idea and I don't want to tell you something I am not sure about" - Thanks for watching the video !
Yes, you just have to buy multiple routers (2 should do the work if your walls are not super thick or 3 to be safe) from the same brand like I did or just buy the same router model and then you can mesh them up using this video. It will work just fine 🙂 Thanks for watching !
the nodes, how many can you add, also how is the range with the router, previous video you shown the router with room 1 and 2, but i dont remember hearing how far that was
I don't think there is a limit for the number of mesh nodes you can add to a mesh network. My rooms are a few meters away from one another so a mesh network doesn't really make sense for me, that's why I chose to not talk about range in my video as I can't really test it. Anyway, thanks for watching mate, hope you enjoyed the videos 🙂
@@tech-by-max i did always fancied trying the Redmi network stuff i enjoyed a few of their phones a few years back. I live in a 2 bedroom house, and i have a rubbish tp link archer c7 i wanna say, and i get inconstant wifi up stairs, and im hoping something like this may be powerful enough to save me some much needed pennies and avoid buying a mesh network. So this appealed when it had the option to extend if one just isnt enough
Hi Max, thank for the very informative video. I do have a slightly different problem at my apartment. I have Linksys Velop VLP01 single router from my ISP provider and very recently I bought Xiaomi AX3000 2-pack mesh routers. I was hoping that it will cover my entire house and I will remove the linksys velop completely but to my surprise I still have some dead zones. I wanted to check a possiblity to add Linksys Velop as a child node to my Xiaomi AX3000 mesh network. Is it possible? Can you guide me with the steps?
Unfortunately, as of today, it is impossible to add a router from another brand to a Xiaomi mesh network. What you can however do is to setup your new router as a wireless extender for your existing network. Thanks for watching the video 🙂
If the 4A Gigabit Edition supports the Mesh feature, you can add them up in a Mesh network up to something like 7 or 8 nodes if I remember correctly. Please make sure those routers support the Mesh feature though as I didn't find a valid answer looking it up on the Internet.
Hopefully you tried to set them up close to one another. If that's the case and you already resetted both of your units, I really don't know what more you could do to be honest. Maybe you could try setting the other router as the main mesh router but you probably tried it already.
What happens if i do it the other way around and use the redmi ax6 as the master router and the ax1800 as the mesh node? Will performance be better than having the ax1800 as the master and ax6 as node? Or will it perform the same?
Honestly, I have no idea, I didn't test it and I don't want to misguide you but you will probably end up with the same performance. You can try it and let me know 🙂 Thanks for watching !
I appreciate your reply, thank you! Another related question is: since they are different brands/models, and since the ax6 has higher specs than the ax1800, in a mesh with this combination/ hybrid set up, do i get the speed and capacity of the ax6 (248 devices) since it is the one with higher specs?
The capacity of the routers are somewhat theoric as those are laboratories numbers. You will be able to connect almost as many devices as the router supports it if your devices are closer to this router or the other. Mesh helps creating a single network between the 2 routers but you are still limited by the closer routher from your device as it will be the one your devices connect to. Honestly though, you have a lot of space to go, even with close to 128 devices as I do use a lot of smart devices and I am far far away from this number 🙂
Hi there, i connected AX6 to my Ax1800, everything works but the 5G network does not appear on my phone or tablet (samsung note 10 + and tab s7 or my macbook) but somehow it does appear on my windows laptop. This is quite perplexing. I dont know what to do
Hey. You might face a channel issue there. You can try to change your channel to something in the 30 ish - 40 ish range for the 5GHz network. Let me know how it works out for you 🙂
@@tech-by-max That did not work. The channels are not aggregated. Somehow my laptop is connected to 5G, and yet on any other device, it does not show up now! It was working before I set up the mesh network. I will try making AX6 the parent node and AX1800 the child node, see if that will work, since AX6 is newer and more powerful.
hi! do you think I can make my linksys ea8300 max stream as the master mesh router and connect it with xiaomi router as mesh network? thanks for the reply!
Hey, unfortunately, you can only make mesh networks with routers from the same brand or the same sub-brand (xiaomi and redmi for example). It is not possible to make a mesh network with routers from 2 totally different brands such as Linksys and Xiaomi 😶 Hope you enjoyed the video though 🙂
The second router in mesh configuration will deliver the best speed it can but it will really depend of how far it is from the first router. Then your actual speed will depend of how far your device is from the router it connects to.
Hi, Is there a way to mesh Mi AIoT Router AX3600 Global version with the Redmi AX6 Chinese version? Apparently, they don't "speak" with each other because of the different regions:-(
Honestly, I never tried it so I can't tell at all 😶 However I found this thread that seems to talk about a similar issue xiaomi.eu/community/threads/ax-3600-mesh-not-detected.58886/ Hopefully it could help a bit. Thanks for watching the video 🙂
That is really weird, it should work just fine according to these threads www.snbforums.com/threads/aimesh-use-lan-ports-on-node-for-other-devices.64047/ www.snbforums.com/threads/aimesh-lan-ports-on-nodes-ac5300-88u-68u.45310/ Maybe there is some more configuration to make with Asus AI Mesh
Hello, can I ask a question regarding the mi Wi-Fi mesh feature. Will this setup work? (I don't know if you can connect to nodes instead of the main router) or can you recommend a better setup. 3rd floor (main router-ax3600 [connected via Lan] and modem) 2nd floor (node ax1800 - connected to parent wirelessly) 1st floor (node ax1800 - connected to 2nd floor node wirelessly) additional questions (if it would work): a) will I experience a great loss of speed in the first floor in this setup? b) may I know the disadvantages of this setup Thanks in advance.
It should work just fine. I think I read you could add up to 8 nodes in a mesh network, so you're good to go. A node doesn't need to be in the main router's range if there is already another node in the node range closer to it, that's why mesh is powerful. Obviously, you will lose a bit of speed as it is all over wireless but it should not be that bad and the coverage should be very good all over your house. Thanks for watching !
I am not sure you can use the second router as a wired extender if it is already defined as a wireless mesh router. 😶 If you want it to work this way, you may have to reset your routers and connect them together thanks to an ethernet cable from the second router LAN port to the main router WAN port.
tengo un duda no se si me puedas ayudar. se que la red mesh es para dos router separados pero si tengo dos router xiaomi ax3600 y el ax6s conectados por red eternet podre hacer un red mesh, los router de asus tiene dos opciones para crear una red mesh. opcion1 es red mesh cuando los dos moden estan inalmabricamente. la segunda es cuando los dos moden estan conecctados por eternet. xioami tendra esta opcion
This is a wireless mesh set up.. planning to use lan cable for mesh set up .the problem is how can you set up to wired mesh if its in chinese language.. no global support.. tsk tsk
Mesh networks are meant to be used in WiFi only. If your plan is to wire routers together through ethernet, that's not mesh. The guys at homenetworkgeek have made an article to further explain how to do this homenetworkgeek.com/how-to-setup-two-routers-on-the-same-network/ Thanks for watching the video though !
I already have a home network with a Netgear main router and 2 ax1800 connected with cable. how can I extend the range of the network by adding another ax1800 wirelessly?
You have an option in the AX1800's web admin interface to wirelessly extend an existing network. Just plug the power cord of your router and connect your PC to your router through an ethernet cable. Then access the web interface (should be accessible at 192.168.31.1) and there, you should see an option to wirelessly extend your existing network. You could check my video where I explain all the settings of the AX1800 (but in a WAN configuration so not what you are looking for but it still show you how to access) ua-cam.com/video/3dAcODFWvxg/v-deo.html Maybe it's possible to do it from a smartphone wirelessly just by pluging the power cord but I never tried it so I can't tell for sure. Hope that helps !
In a mesh network with xiaomi routers, multiple nodes (such as wifi routers) form a single network with greater coverage.? Connecting devices can see only one network without any problem when roaming across the entire network?, for example, when you move with a client (for example a mobile), the mobile connects to each of the different nodes automatically? Thanks
Sorry for the late answer, I didn't really understand the question the first time I read it. Yes, the mesh router makes only one big network and your devices are going to automatically switch to one another node according to which node provides the best bandwidth without you having to do anything. Hope it helps, thanks for watching !
@@tech-by-max ok, thanks you
i have 2 story building house, do ineed mesh network ?
A mesh network could really help to get good speed and coverage inside all the house. Moreover, it does not cost that much if you use Xiaomi or Redmi devices for example. So yeah, would definitely recommend such setup. Hope I helped you, don't forget to subscribe to the channel if it is the case 🙂
Hello, i have xiaomi ax3600 router and i need to add mesh router. Can i buy mesh router(that have 3 pieces) from different company like tp link, d-link or huawei...?
Unfortunately, Mesh only works with routers from the same brand. Thanks for watching the video 🙂
@@tech-by-max Will the Redmi AX6 work with Xiaomi AX1500 mesh router?
The second device was connected and appeared on the interface, but there is no Internet????
If i set the mesh on 2nd unit of ax1800 then not control to 5ghz channel selection menially on 2nd unit..! Cz my phone only supported 149,153,157 channel... But 2nd unit set auto channel selection like 36 channel...
Any solution ?
Hello, I added the AX6 to AX1800 as MESH as described in the video but I am unable to see the AX6 in the MESH device management.
I heard that MESH won't work between a chinese version and a global version. Make sure that both of your routers are from the same region. If you bought different regions ones, you can try to set another firmware inside your router. I can't really help as I never went for a custom firmware with one of my routers but I am sure there are plenty of tutorials out there. If both are from the same region (which I doubt if that didn't work with the video), you can try to reset the routers again and follow the video once more.
HUAWEI AX3 PRO or Redmi AX6 ?
I have them with the same price in my place for 70$ wich one should I buy ?
Wich one have bigger coverage?
Definitely the Redmi AX6 for me, it has 2 more antennas, more RAM and 4*4 mimo over the 5GHz band compare to the AX3 Pro. Both have good processors, a good OS and good coverage. I did make reviews and unboxings of the 2 products so you can check them out if you want to get more details 🙂 Hope I helped, don't forget to subscribe if you want to support the channel !
Can I use Xiaomi router as mesh on other routers brand ? Like Huwaei router ?
The Xiaomi mesh systems only works between Xiaomi and Redmi routers. You cannot use it with another router but you can still use the repeater mode with your Huawei router.
do you allready try it, the mesh fuction is really seamless or not ?
try it using whatsup call / video call
don't youtube or streaming video
i'm really antusias changing my old mesh to newer system
Yep, as you can see in the video, I tried it, it worked really smoothly for me. The speed and the coverage are great 🙂 Hope I helped you, don't forget to subscribe if you want to support the channel 🙂
I have 2 Xiaomi ax1800 routers. I changed the firmware to the one that has the mesh node available (1.038 if I recall) to both of them. I press the mesh button and it says that it doesn't find the other router even if it is 1 inch away! I really don't know what to do!
Make sure to upgrade both routers to the latest firmware available. Once it's done you can try to reset them. If you already tried this, try using the other router as master and the other one as node. If it still doesn't work, you can reach up Xiaomi through email, chat or phone thanks to this link www.mi.com/global/support/contact/ Hope it helps, thanks for watching the video 🙂
You log-in into the admin account of 192.168.31.1. Then you plugged the router afterwards? Isn't it backwards? How were you able to connect to the admin account of 192.168.31.1 when the router was not yet plugged-in to outlet?
That's the second router (the node) I am plugging into the wall and resetting (the white Redmi AX6). Meanwhile I was connected to the management interface of the first router (the master - black Xiaomi X1800) that I showed at the beginning of the video 🙂 Thanks for watching, hope the video was helpful anyway !
What are your thoughts of the security and snooping behind Chinese routers?
Hey, I previously answered a similar question just a day before so I'll paste the same comment here 🙂 "Privacy issues are really a topic I don't have any clue about. For such things, we would have to get access to the proprietary firmware and check what's inside and I don't think it's possible. So we have the people that don't want to trust and the ones that do, it's a tough question but I hope you get what I mean when I say I can't really try to light you about it, it's because I have no idea and I don't want to tell you something I am not sure about" - Thanks for watching the video !
Hi can i do this mesh set up if I want my wifi to reach third floor/rooftop? My internet modem is located at first floor
Yes, you just have to buy multiple routers (2 should do the work if your walls are not super thick or 3 to be safe) from the same brand like I did or just buy the same router model and then you can mesh them up using this video. It will work just fine 🙂 Thanks for watching !
the nodes, how many can you add, also how is the range with the router, previous video you shown the router with room 1 and 2, but i dont remember hearing how far that was
I don't think there is a limit for the number of mesh nodes you can add to a mesh network. My rooms are a few meters away from one another so a mesh network doesn't really make sense for me, that's why I chose to not talk about range in my video as I can't really test it. Anyway, thanks for watching mate, hope you enjoyed the videos 🙂
@@tech-by-max i did always fancied trying the Redmi network stuff i enjoyed a few of their phones a few years back. I live in a 2 bedroom house, and i have a rubbish tp link archer c7 i wanna say, and i get inconstant wifi up stairs, and im hoping something like this may be powerful enough to save me some much needed pennies and avoid buying a mesh network. So this appealed when it had the option to extend if one just isnt enough
@@tech-by-max from manual we can only add 4 nodes
That's a good thing to know, many thanks mate !
Hi Max, thank for the very informative video. I do have a slightly different problem at my apartment. I have Linksys Velop VLP01 single router from my ISP provider and very recently I bought Xiaomi AX3000 2-pack mesh routers. I was hoping that it will cover my entire house and I will remove the linksys velop completely but to my surprise I still have some dead zones. I wanted to check a possiblity to add Linksys Velop as a child node to my Xiaomi AX3000 mesh network. Is it possible? Can you guide me with the steps?
Unfortunately, as of today, it is impossible to add a router from another brand to a Xiaomi mesh network. What you can however do is to setup your new router as a wireless extender for your existing network. Thanks for watching the video 🙂
@@tech-by-max The issue with wireless extender is I will not be able to extend all the 3 networks - 2.4ghz, 5 ghz, and guest network. Am I right?
@@ankitagarwal5630 how big is your house sir ?
i want to know XIaomi AX3000 capabilities. does the router with Antenna better than that ?
in all honesty, i might have bought 3 AX5400 instead. the velop gave me the disappointment that I think will surface for the AX3000
Would this work with 2 to 3 of the Xiaomi Mi Router 4A Gigabit Edition routers?
If the 4A Gigabit Edition supports the Mesh feature, you can add them up in a Mesh network up to something like 7 or 8 nodes if I remember correctly. Please make sure those routers support the Mesh feature though as I didn't find a valid answer looking it up on the Internet.
No
i have 2 ax1800 . when i add mesh it cant find the child router? why is that ? i reset it again n again
Hopefully you tried to set them up close to one another. If that's the case and you already resetted both of your units, I really don't know what more you could do to be honest. Maybe you could try setting the other router as the main mesh router but you probably tried it already.
Have you upgrade all devices to the latest firmware mate?
What happens if i do it the other way around and use the redmi ax6 as the master router and the ax1800 as the mesh node? Will performance be better than having the ax1800 as the master and ax6 as node? Or will it perform the same?
Honestly, I have no idea, I didn't test it and I don't want to misguide you but you will probably end up with the same performance. You can try it and let me know 🙂 Thanks for watching !
I appreciate your reply, thank you! Another related question is: since they are different brands/models, and since the ax6 has higher specs than the ax1800, in a mesh with this combination/ hybrid set up, do i get the speed and capacity of the ax6 (248 devices) since it is the one with higher specs?
The capacity of the routers are somewhat theoric as those are laboratories numbers. You will be able to connect almost as many devices as the router supports it if your devices are closer to this router or the other. Mesh helps creating a single network between the 2 routers but you are still limited by the closer routher from your device as it will be the one your devices connect to. Honestly though, you have a lot of space to go, even with close to 128 devices as I do use a lot of smart devices and I am far far away from this number 🙂
@@tech-by-max thank you so much 😊
Hi there, i connected AX6 to my Ax1800, everything works but the 5G network does not appear on my phone or tablet (samsung note 10 + and tab s7 or my macbook) but somehow it does appear on my windows laptop. This is quite perplexing. I dont know what to do
Hey. You might face a channel issue there. You can try to change your channel to something in the 30 ish - 40 ish range for the 5GHz network. Let me know how it works out for you 🙂
@@tech-by-max That did not work. The channels are not aggregated. Somehow my laptop is connected to 5G, and yet on any other device, it does not show up now! It was working before I set up the mesh network. I will try making AX6 the parent node and AX1800 the child node, see if that will work, since AX6 is newer and more powerful.
hi! do you think I can make my linksys ea8300 max stream as the master mesh router and connect it with xiaomi router as mesh network? thanks for the reply!
Hey, unfortunately, you can only make mesh networks with routers from the same brand or the same sub-brand (xiaomi and redmi for example). It is not possible to make a mesh network with routers from 2 totally different brands such as Linksys and Xiaomi 😶 Hope you enjoyed the video though 🙂
@@tech-by-max thanks bro!
If I place two AX6 in mesh at a maximum distance of 10 meters, will the speed of the second router be the same as that of the main router?
The second router in mesh configuration will deliver the best speed it can but it will really depend of how far it is from the first router. Then your actual speed will depend of how far your device is from the router it connects to.
@@tech-by-max the redmi one is ac2100m
Hi, Is there a way to mesh Mi AIoT Router AX3600 Global version with the Redmi AX6 Chinese version? Apparently, they don't "speak" with each other because of the different regions:-(
Honestly, I never tried it so I can't tell at all 😶 However I found this thread that seems to talk about a similar issue xiaomi.eu/community/threads/ax-3600-mesh-not-detected.58886/ Hopefully it could help a bit. Thanks for watching the video 🙂
@@tech-by-max Thank you! very much
if we do mesh, can we get internet connection from the lan port of the node?
Yes you can definitely use the LAN ports of your Mesh node when it's in a Mesh network 🙂 Thanks for watching the video !
@@tech-by-max on Asus Ai mesh, i can't use lan port. asus router detect it as node connection to master router
That is really weird, it should work just fine according to these threads www.snbforums.com/threads/aimesh-use-lan-ports-on-node-for-other-devices.64047/ www.snbforums.com/threads/aimesh-lan-ports-on-nodes-ac5300-88u-68u.45310/ Maybe there is some more configuration to make with Asus AI Mesh
Hello, can I ask a question regarding the mi Wi-Fi mesh feature.
Will this setup work? (I don't know if you can connect to nodes instead of the main router) or can you recommend a better setup.
3rd floor (main router-ax3600 [connected via Lan] and modem)
2nd floor (node ax1800 - connected to parent wirelessly)
1st floor (node ax1800 - connected to 2nd floor node wirelessly)
additional questions (if it would work):
a) will I experience a great loss of speed in the first floor in this setup?
b) may I know the disadvantages of this setup
Thanks in advance.
It should work just fine. I think I read you could add up to 8 nodes in a mesh network, so you're good to go.
A node doesn't need to be in the main router's range if there is already another node in the node range closer to it, that's why mesh is powerful.
Obviously, you will lose a bit of speed as it is all over wireless but it should not be that bad and the coverage should be very good all over your house.
Thanks for watching !
After the mesh node is connected, can you use a cable to connect it to the main router? If yes, which port to use? wan or lan port?
I am not sure you can use the second router as a wired extender if it is already defined as a wireless mesh router. 😶 If you want it to work this way, you may have to reset your routers and connect them together thanks to an ethernet cable from the second router LAN port to the main router WAN port.
tengo un duda no se si me puedas ayudar. se que la red mesh es para dos router separados pero si tengo dos router xiaomi ax3600 y el ax6s conectados por red eternet podre hacer un red mesh, los router de asus tiene dos opciones para crear una red mesh. opcion1 es red mesh cuando los dos moden estan inalmabricamente. la segunda es cuando los dos moden estan conecctados por eternet. xioami tendra esta opcion
This is a wireless mesh set up.. planning to use lan cable for mesh set up .the problem is how can you set up to wired mesh if its in chinese language.. no global support.. tsk tsk
Mesh networks are meant to be used in WiFi only. If your plan is to wire routers together through ethernet, that's not mesh. The guys at homenetworkgeek have made an article to further explain how to do this homenetworkgeek.com/how-to-setup-two-routers-on-the-same-network/
Thanks for watching the video though !
@@tech-by-max oh i see.. i just thought mesh network can be wired and connect it in multiple nodes..thanks