@Riley_S Thanks for the quick response. I hadn't noticed before but you are correct about the encryption. It looks like IoT supports WPA/WPA2 while the primary network doesn't support WPA. Is there a way to enable that for the Primary network?

As far as the behavior, the Onn stick sees the primary network but will not join saying it can't be found after timing out.

  @HelpFixDecoApp Thanks. I tried that but it still would not connect to the primary network. I switched back to the iot network and now it is connected but no internet. With next to no real controls available in a web interface, I feel like I am troubleshooting too many unnecessary issues via an app. This is becomming very frusterating.

Also, the nodes seem to load balance incorrectly. I have severl clients connecting to the only ap that is connected via wireless backhaul. These clients are in the room with a wired ap so it makes no sence for them to connect to the wireless backhaul located in by garage. Obviously, they are running much slower due to attuation of the signal for both the node and the backhaul. How is the load balance being calculated for the aps? cpu/memory load, latency, throughput??