@Kevin_Z I like the use case you describe, but I'll give you one more.

I have multiple Archer AX6000's. Wouldn't it be nice for the AP mode to support One Mesh, so I can configure one AX6000 as my main router and all the others in AP mode to extend the total range of my wireless network. If the AP mode would support One Mesh I could seamlessly roam between access points without having to switch between SSID's.

I would love for TP-Link to approach their devices like AVM with their FRITZ products. They all interconnect seamlessly, with no exceptions.

Please let the develops know that this feature is highly desirable. Thanks!

@Kevin_Z

So what is the position of tp-link, will it support many routers in one mesh or not? 

Are you working on this solution?

@Kevin_Z 

There wouldn't be a double NAT issue, cuz no one running a wired backhaul to a router in access point mode is going to plug the ethernet cable into the wan port lol? We've been doing this stuff since we were 6 years old with our eyes closed...

Once u disable the DHCP server it's esentially 99% in access point mode already anyways, it's not complicated stuff.

Stop making excuses TP-Link and just add the ability for the protocol to use wired backhaul and enable TP-Link routers that already support onemesh to be used as a mesh member in access point mode?! This is simple stuff that should take "the worlds #1 home networking supplier" a month tops, in software dev and testing...

Anything less and it's either an excuse or team incompetence, simple...

@Kevin_Z 

I just got an AX1800 router and RE500X extender.  Selection was largely based on all the claims about OneMesh.  I read the product pages AND pdf manuals before buying.

Now, to my dismay, after some time trying to get OneMesh going, I find that you have this statement hidden away: "Wireless Routers support OneMesh™ only on Router mode" WAY ON THE BOTTOM of a LOOONG page full of marketing hype.  There is not ONE WORD about this limitation in the pdf docs or pages for the AX1800 nor the RE500X!

I feel cheated.  

So, what are the chances that I am going to rearrange my network so the AX1800 is my main router, with its uplink port connected to my internet link (cable modem)?  ZERO.  ZED.  NONE.  

Why not?  For one, the AX1800 does not have 12 ports for the wired part of my network.  For another, I put a lot more trust in the firewall capabilities of my industrial-grade, Cisco router.  

So, yes, the OneMesh capability IS needed in AP mode.

In the interim, is it unethical of you to omit that information from the product documentation.  

You should expect that I will downrate both products AND your company accordingly in reviews: you have deceived me (and, surely, many others) by hiding the limitation in an obscure location and leaving it out of the product doc... expect to be dissed both on product features and your shortfall in business ethics. 

@spacecat 

I guess your better bet would be to return Tplink and get Asus or Keenetic with their mesh implementations and lack of such restrictions and spread these news about Tplink everywhere you can to warn other potential customers from similar mistakes. I suspect that posting complaints/requests in these forums will change almost nothing in your or other customers favor. 

@Kevin_Z  I've been a long time TP-Link user and just exchanged an C3200 with a MR600 to build a 4G backup network. I had also planned to integrate Onemesh with an AX10, that I'm using as an access point in another room, but apparently there was some fine print I missed in the marketing speak...no Onemesh in AP mode....then maybe this should be called "One Mess" ? :-)