M4 Con Fig back haul
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Having spent some time going through your community posts. I'm now unsure if what i'm proposing to do will work.
The plan is as follows.
From the ISP router which has four 1GB network links. Three of the network links will go to a TP-Link M4 (so three in total). The forth link will go to a switch to supply wired stuff TV's & PC's. Then a further six M4's will be placed around the home and a garden shed (55m away). The first link will be about the centre of the home, the other two will be at the end of their respective network cables, 30m & 20m running at 90 degrees to each other. Not planing on linking the other M4's via cables.
Will this all work as one mesh?
Will it also give a wired backhaul?
If the main M4 goes down will one of the others take over automatically?
Will I be able to cast from a wireless gadget to the TV's?
What will not work?
Is there anything else to note?
Currently all the M4's go through the main one via one wired connection and when the main went down everything lost the internet.
Thanks very much.
Hi, welcome to the community.
For a topology like this:
First, please make sure Deco M4 is set to Access Point mode.
Then all the 6*Deco M4s will still be under the same Deco Mesh system. The three red star Deco will use Ethernet Backhaul.
If the main Deco M4 goes down, the Deco APP will report an error and ask to switch to satellite #1 or #2 as the main Deco to work as the new main Deco to maintain the internet connection.
You can still cast from a wireless gadget to the TV's
Thank you very much and best regards.