Hi all,

I have a small Omada setup to cover our home, garage, and backyard. The house is properly wired, and thus all the APs inside are connected via cable. The garage is about 10 meters behind the house and the backyard is located behind the garage. The garage has a metal roof, which severely affect signal strength, thus to have a proper WiFi coverage in the backyard, I use the following setup:

ER7212PC <----- wired uplink -----> 1st EAP-225 outdoor (facing the garage) <- - - wireless uplink - - -> 2nd EAP-225 outdoor (facing the house) <----- wired uplink -----> 3rd EAP-225 outdoor (facing the backyard)

The 1st EAP-225 outdoor is connected to the router/switch via a wired uplink and is positioned facing the garage. The 2nd EAP-225 outdoor is installed on the garage, facing the house, and connects to the 1st EAP-225 using wireless mesh link to bridge the 10-meter gap between the house and garage. Since the metal roofing of the garage blocks WiFi signals from reaching the backyard, a 3rd EAP-225 outdoor is installed on the opposite wall of the garage, facing the backyard. Instead of relying on wireless mesh, this third access point is connected to the 2nd EAP-225 using wired connection.

This setup works well, except for one issue: after a power outage, it's random whether the 2nd or 3rd EAP-225 connects via mesh to the 1st EAP-225. If the 3rd EAP-225 connects first, it has a poor signal (due to the roofing), and the 2nd EAP-225 then connects to the 3rd EAP-225 via cable instead of using the wireless mesh. As a result, overall coverage will be quite bad for both the 2nd and 3rd EAP-225.

This situation could easily be resolved if:

• I could enforce that the 2nd EAP-225 always connects via mesh, while the 3rd EAP-225 uses a wired uplink,
• or their connecting order could be prioritized,
• or mesh could be disable for the 3rd EAP-225.

Unfortunately, I cannot find any of these possibility in the Omade web interface (hopefully I may overlook something). Do you know if there is any solution to the above issue?