Hi guys,

I found this post to help us get more visibility. 

https://community.tp-link.com/en/home/forum/topic/500188?sortDir=ASC&page=1

So we bought an RE200 to extend our pants vf wifi though our brick walls, and it worked ok.  But wanted the mesh features...
So we then bought an Archer C6 and a RE230 to make a mesh wifi network...  And i specifically bought the RE230 as it advertised ethernet backhaul, as our house size/walls demand it, for where it needs to go, where ethernet runs to...  But then i learn that it's not possible in OneMesh mode...!!!  AARRGGGHHHH!  This is devistating.  I foolishly assumed that this was the basic way that these could work... using wifi or ethernet...  This just seems like how it would have been designed to work at launch.

So.
Will these older OneMesh products be fw upgraded to enable Ethernet Backhaul?
Archer C6 v4.0
RE230 2.0
RE200 v4.0

Please tp-link.  Do the right thing.  Enable all your OneMesh products to finally have the obvious, and much needed feature.

  @dsgadgfdsgfds 

TP-Link seriously needs to fix this.

Backstory.  I had a wireless router (older) from another brand.  But adding smart devices in our home overloaded it.  So I purchased an Archer wireless router (AX1800).  Having a USB port for shared storage was required and the TP-Link provided that.  The product works for me, no issues, full home coverage.  We added a shop on our propery and the router just didnt reach out there, its in a central location to our home.  So I decided to get a TP Link extender (RE200) and it "sort of" works.  The connection is very unreliable and slow.  To fix this, I ordered a couple hundred feet of direct burial cat 6 and ran cabling between a switch I have in the garage and the shop and plugged the RE200 in.  Well, doing so broke the entire network.  After googling I found out that you cannot run the RE200, or any OneMesh product, with ethernet backhaul.  WHY NOT?  Never in a million years would I have imagined that would not be a feature.  

I know TP-Link offers the Deco line, and admittedly Deco would do exactly what I am trying to do.  But my home router works perfectly fine! Im not going to throw it out to go all Deco.  That would be a huge waste!  Im also not even sure I can do that because the Deco devices dont have USB ports to attach storage??? The simplest and most reliable option for me would be a simple firmware update to enable ethernet backhaul.  

As much as my AX1800 has served me well, at this point I will never again by a TP-Link product unless this is addressed.  

  @JP_NL 

Any news here for eth backhaul for onemesh?

I regret i have not stayed with Asus. They have it with AIMesh.

I purchased an AX55 and RE705X ONLY because I thought I can use wired OneMesh.

Just let us know if it's only a "consideration" or something doable. So we switch to another brand according to the reply.

Very disappointed that it isn't possible to extend OneMesh networks over ethernet. I have, like several others, an old house witw thick stone walls. I'd need both my repeaters to reach the garage with a very mediocre 60mbits.

It TP-link had been willing to add support for it, they'd already have done so. 

And to all: devs do not decide what they implement or not in such companies. Best case, product managers do, but they most likely do so with their supervisors and board of directors. And since the more expensive Deco products line do support it, well... why bother ?

I guess I'll return both my RE600, sell my Archer C7 and change brands.

  @JP_NL 

Hi.  I orginally had another router and was hit with DOS attacks.  Yeah.  It was maybe 3 years ago, but not a TPLink. I had bought the C7 as a replacement.  Seeing all the hoop-la abourt OneMesh I too bought the RE550. I couldn't make iit work so I bought the C8.  I have a lot of "smart" stuff.  And some zigbee stuff.  Anyway I used the OneMesh setup for over a year if not two with the C8.  I was just glad to have it working, but really never saw the OneMesh finctions as being worth the trouble.  I had a zigbee hic-cup recently and somehow I reset my router.  In the process I disconnected/unplugged the RE550.  OK, so everything is working.  Yes, even without the RE550, I get no difference.  I'm not plugging it back in.  I will say the C8 is a better router than the C7.  Handles more devices with no problems.  And I have no DOS attacks at all.  The security is pretty good on TPLink stuff.  

I"m no gu-ru by any means, but if you're having connectiity issues, first try AP mode on the C7 wtih the RE550..  Althoght the automatic roaming connectivity isnt't there, you may not notice a difference.  Anyway, good luck.

Same story here. I'm replacing a Linksys VELOP system that had wired backhaul, and I'm getting dismal performane upstairs with my Archer AX73 / AX53 setup. I never would have thought that even so my four year old basic router had this feature, the Archers would not.

I want to clarify that, even though I haven't seen it mentioned here in Riley_S 's comments. The AX10 (also known as AX1500) does support backhaul. I was able to verify (i think) by placing them so far apart that the small part where overlap exists would make Wireless backhaul's performance so slow that i would never be able to reach the 500mbit/s i pay for with my ISP.

Also, i've seen it mentioned that ethernet backhaul doesn not work when routed to a switch. But ive found that to be untrue. Wireless backhaul on ax10/ax1500 (i have the v1) supports running trough a switch.

The stability and seamlessness seems very nice. It would be great if TP-Link could add this functionality to more of their products.

Finally; adding a single comprehensive list of which devices do and do not support Ethernet Backhaul would be greatly appreciated. We have the OneMesh/EasyMesh support list. But i've found conflicting reports about which devices do and don't support it across the Knowledgebase/Support/Featurerequests