Mesh Unbinding?

[pgershon]

Bound a device to a Mesh node where it is having connectivity issues and now it wont connect at all. My attempt to reconnect have failed, I believe because there is a table somewhere directing my device's MAC to a router node it cannot connect with. I know how to view all devices, bound and unbound. But is there a way to look for devices with binding instructions that are not connected, so I can delete those instructions? Using GNUTON's firmware on AX92u but I had same issue with stock ASUS firmware.

 

[OzarkEdge]

Bound a device to a Mesh node where it is having connectivity issues and now it wont connect at all. My attempt to reconnect have failed, I believe because there is a table somewhere directing my device's MAC to a router node it cannot connect with. I know how to view all devices, bound and unbound. But is there a way to look for devices with binding instructions that are not connected, so I can delete those instructions? Using GNUTON's firmware on AX92u but I had same issue with stock ASUS firmware.

I would try to layout the AiMesh/radios so that binding things is not necessary... life is too short to be forcing WiFi connections...

Deploy nodes high, in the clear, in range of router 5.0 WLAN; not too near ~40ft/far ~80ft/many; not one-over-the-other. Actual distances will depend on radios/path/obstacles.

OE

 

[pgershon]

I wish life were that simple. My house is too large to get by with a single router, so I have three mesh nodes spread out as far apart as I can get them. Many of the static devices (light light switches, doorbells etc) tend to bounce their connections from node to node unless I bind them. Obviously the devices that are portable do not get bound. But you completely miss my question.

I have a device that was bound improperly - it is unable to communicate with the node it was inadvertently bound to. I am unable to connect the device, so I cannot even remove the binding instruction. There must be a way to do this short of a factory reset of the entire router. That is my question.

 

[drabisan]

SSH to the router and search the config for mac address you bind. Remove that config, save, reboot router and nodes.
Binding should disappear.

And I have to agree with OzarkEdge. Binding should not exist as a concept. A device that's stupid enough to be impacted by moving between router/nodes every now and then it's a bad device you should get rid off. Even if a device will roam for some random reason to a weaker signal...should keep working even at a lower speeds. Life is too short to invest time in devices that don't work well.

 

[sfx2000]

Bound a device to a Mesh node where it is having connectivity issues and now it wont connect at all. My attempt to reconnect have failed,

just a thought - hook up an ethernet cable and hard reset the mesh node - this should break the association - then clean up the connections on the primary host router.

worst case - you might have to reset everything, and bring it back up one at a time - but it's possible to do...

 

[pgershon]

SSH to the router and search the config for mac address you bind. Remove that config, save, reboot router and nodes.

Worked well. Thanks

 

[ColinTaylor]

SSH to the router and search the config for mac address you bind. Remove that config, save, reboot router and nodes.

Worked well. Thanks

Where did you find the config?

 

[pgershon]

I believe it was in the JFFS directory. I also can do it now from the AI MESH page on the GUI. Look for the device that says cant connect