I'm trying to figure out if one access point is enough per floor or should I make sure I have one at every room or lotation where I need wifi. My house is 100% concrete and steel.
I'm planing a network (which already has a outdoor EAP on the house connected to standard router.) Plan is ISP optic > NTD > Router with Outdoor EAP + OC200 attached to this as the Wired EAP starting point. Then mesh to an EAP outdoor mounted to a cottage - question is will the "Wireless Mesh EAP" allow internet to be extracted from the Ethernet port on the PoE adaptor, such that it could be put into a dumb switch for wired devices in the cottage? Or is it only WiFi at the client AP end?
Allow me to save you hours of frustration. These AP's will ship with outdated firmware that doesn't support mesh. You will need to connect them to your network via the RJ45 first and upgrade them to the latest firmware. You can then move it to the new location away from an RJ45 connection and give it a few minutes, you should see an "ISOLATED" message and a "LINK" option. You can now enable the mesh between them.
@@Corei14 that works properly out of the box with the older firmware as long as they are all wired. Client roaming will function normally, just no wireless "mesh" with the EAP6xx series until you upgrade firmware. Mesh also works with the EAP245s out of the box.
@@duranopaulo wired backhaul worked out of the box. If you are attempting to have mesh with wireless backhaul, you'll need to first connect them by wire and upgrade the firmware.
every example i see is with one AP connected to the router with a network cable and the other APs meshed wirelessly... can i have all APs hooked up via cat6 and create a mesh using the cable as it's backhaul?
and followup, can i do this with any tplink omada controlled AP? or do certain models have limitations? i'd like to use one of the "wall" variants in at least 2 rooms and likely have a ax1800 to cover the rest.
Yes, the controller makes this system very reliable. You can use them wired/wireless or a combination of the two to build the mesh. The controller is cloud managed but the hardware is connected to your local LAN (you can manage it locally as well). We've used this system in hotel wireless environments to provide seamless service and it's easy to manage.
How do we add a new AP to the existing setup? The IT guy left the company, and we want to add one more AP. He mentioned it's a mesh network, and it should automatically pick up the configuration from the master AP, but that's not happening. When I plug it into the switch, it's not adopting the configuration and is still on its default open SSID model:TPLINK OMADA AX3000 He installed the controller on his Windows laptop, along with Java and the app. He has since left the company, and we need to add two more apps. How can we configure them with the same settings as the existing apps so that they have the same SSIDs and roaming works seamlessly?
I have a EAP660HD installed and I still have some weak signal spot at the top floor of a multi-level home. I am getting a 2nd AP for the top floor. Do I need the OC200 controller to create the mesh network? 22June Well, I have an update on it. A complete change of the situation. I have to clarify that I do not use mesh system as I have ethernet cable to the AP. I understand more about setup. I changed the AP location to the attic , beaming downward and I use a WIfi6 mobile phone to verify on the coverage. I have a complete coverage of the whole house (B, G, 1, 2 ,Attic)plus outside in the garden as well. Full strength Wifi6,. At 1F, on the mobile phone indicates 900M network speed to AP. hmmm, I have an overkill powerful AP, but I only need to install one, not multiples, nor many recycle router as AP.
How big is your house? And yeah the reason you got bad signal at the top floor is cause the antennas spread the signal just sideways and forward. Behind the AP you get bad signal so if you didn't install it on top floor no wonder.
How do we add a new AP to the existing setup? The IT guy left the company, and we want to add one more AP. He mentioned it's a mesh network, and it should automatically pick up the configuration from the master AP, but that's not happening. When I plug it into the switch, it's not adopting the configuration and is still on its default open SSID TPLINK OMADA AX3000
I know that this is five days old, but you'll need to make sure everything is updated to the latest firmware version and you'll need a server/spare PC with the Omada controller software installed on it. Make sure you enable the Omada service to pass through the local server/pc firewall.
I have the ER7206 router, SG2210P switch, and 4 EAP610 APs, 2 upstairs and two down. With just a single SSID based on my LAN, signal strength is great on all APs. When I setup a VLAN for wired and wireless with a separate SSID, I get no internet. Ideas?
I have three prewires in my house. So i can have at least 3 wired omadas in my home, can they still mesh together?
If I have an access point in mesh mode , can I use the Ethernet port that’s in the access point and connect a Lan switch to it ?
I'm trying to figure out if one access point is enough per floor or should I make sure I have one at every room or lotation where I need wifi. My house is 100% concrete and steel.
hi, can you tell me that the license is necessary to purchase for configure multiple access point in mesh topology with cloud base controller??
Do you need the controller for the mesh network? I plan to use two AP’s hardwired via cat 6
yes
I'm planing a network (which already has a outdoor EAP on the house connected to standard router.) Plan is ISP optic > NTD > Router with Outdoor EAP + OC200 attached to this as the Wired EAP starting point. Then mesh to an EAP outdoor mounted to a cottage - question is will the "Wireless Mesh EAP" allow internet to be extracted from the Ethernet port on the PoE adaptor, such that it could be put into a dumb switch for wired devices in the cottage? Or is it only WiFi at the client AP end?
Did you find an answer to this?
Is EAP225 outdoor wirelessly meshable. Same as example above. One eap wired and two more eap225s wirelessly meshed to the first ?
Yes but i think you need controller always on for mesh to work
Which of your wireless routers have the DHCP functionality of issuing its own IP range.
Allow me to save you hours of frustration. These AP's will ship with outdated firmware that doesn't support mesh. You will need to connect them to your network via the RJ45 first and upgrade them to the latest firmware. You can then move it to the new location away from an RJ45 connection and give it a few minutes, you should see an "ISOLATED" message and a "LINK" option. You can now enable the mesh between them.
How about a wired backhaul?
@@Corei14 that works properly out of the box with the older firmware as long as they are all wired. Client roaming will function normally, just no wireless "mesh" with the EAP6xx series until you upgrade firmware. Mesh also works with the EAP245s out of the box.
Man I wish that I found your reply hours ago, but thank you- it works now.
@@fishmonger11 You mean that you can connect all the AEP wired to form a Omada Mesh network? Wired backhaul after the upgrade of EAP's?
@@duranopaulo wired backhaul worked out of the box. If you are attempting to have mesh with wireless backhaul, you'll need to first connect them by wire and upgrade the firmware.
every example i see is with one AP connected to the router with a network cable and the other APs meshed wirelessly... can i have all APs hooked up via cat6 and create a mesh using the cable as it's backhaul?
and followup, can i do this with any tplink omada controlled AP? or do certain models have limitations? i'd like to use one of the "wall" variants in at least 2 rooms and likely have a ax1800 to cover the rest.
Yes, that is the primary use case for these devices. The mesh is a "new" feature, which is why its advertised more
Yes, the controller makes this system very reliable. You can use them wired/wireless or a combination of the two to build the mesh. The controller is cloud managed but the hardware is connected to your local LAN (you can manage it locally as well). We've used this system in hotel wireless environments to provide seamless service and it's easy to manage.
How do we add a new AP to the existing setup? The IT guy left the company, and we want to add one more AP. He mentioned it's a mesh network, and it should automatically pick up the configuration from the master AP, but that's not happening. When I plug it into the switch, it's not adopting the configuration and is still on its default open SSID model:TPLINK OMADA AX3000
He installed the controller on his Windows laptop, along with Java and the app. He has since left the company, and we need to add two more apps. How can we configure them with the same settings as the existing apps so that they have the same SSIDs and roaming works seamlessly?
Hi, any ideas on stopping people stealing these things? Thanks.
How to set up wired mesh on all EAP on the same subnet? Thank you.
What's the controller use for?
Local link between the cloud and the hardware. The controller can run using a local server as well.
I have a EAP660HD installed and I still have some weak signal spot at the top floor of a multi-level home. I am getting a 2nd AP for the top floor. Do I need the OC200 controller to create the mesh network?
22June
Well, I have an update on it. A complete change of the situation. I have to clarify that I do not use mesh system as I have ethernet cable to the AP. I understand more about setup. I changed the AP location to the attic , beaming downward and I use a WIfi6 mobile phone to verify on the coverage. I have a complete coverage of the whole house (B, G, 1, 2 ,Attic)plus outside in the garden as well. Full strength Wifi6,. At 1F, on the mobile phone indicates 900M network speed to AP. hmmm, I have an overkill powerful AP, but I only need to install one, not multiples, nor many recycle router as AP.
How big is your house? And yeah the reason you got bad signal at the top floor is cause the antennas spread the signal just sideways and forward. Behind the AP you get bad signal so if you didn't install it on top floor no wonder.
How do we add a new AP to the existing setup? The IT guy left the company, and we want to add one more AP. He mentioned it's a mesh network, and it should automatically pick up the configuration from the master AP, but that's not happening. When I plug it into the switch, it's not adopting the configuration and is still on its default open SSID TPLINK OMADA AX3000
I know that this is five days old, but you'll need to make sure everything is updated to the latest firmware version and you'll need a server/spare PC with the Omada controller software installed on it. Make sure you enable the Omada service to pass through the local server/pc firewall.
I have the ER7206 router, SG2210P switch, and 4 EAP610 APs, 2 upstairs and two down. With just a single SSID based on my LAN, signal strength is great on all APs. When I setup a VLAN for wired and wireless with a separate SSID, I get no internet. Ideas?
Make sure your access list and Nat is configured.
How many Mesh it can handle?
3
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