WiFi extender always showing as wired

[Chris000]

Hi, I have the BE30000 (BQ16 Pro) setup with one node as router and two satellite nodes. I also have a Netgear Orbi outdoor WiFi extender. This all works fine, but the Orbi always shows as wired connecting to the ASUS mesh network. The issue with this, for some reason it always connects to the main router, and I need it to connect to a satellite that is closer for better performance. I know that it should hit the particular satellite due to how it has worked with my older Orbi network and a WiFi7 tp-link setup I had for a few months before ditching it for ASUS. If it showed as wireless I’d be able to bind to the correct AP. Everything is running the latest firmware. I’ve rebooted everything, etc, always comes back as wired and connected to the router. Any thoughts or suggestions?

BTW, I do occasionally get another wireless device show as wired, but those usually clear up upon reboot.

 

[OzarkEdge]

Hi, I have the BE30000 (BQ16 Pro) setup with one node as router and two satellite nodes. I also have a Netgear Orbi outdoor WiFi extender. This all works fine, but the Orbi always shows as wired connecting to the ASUS mesh network. The issue with this, for some reason it always connects to the main router, and I need it to connect to a satellite that is closer for better performance. I know that it should hit the particular satellite due to how it has worked with my older Orbi network and a WiFi7 tp-link setup I had for a few months before ditching it for ASUS. If it showed as wireless I’d be able to bind to the correct AP. Everything is running the latest firmware. I’ve rebooted everything, etc, always comes back as wired and connected to the router. Any thoughts or suggestions?

BTW, I do occasionally get another wireless device show as wired, but those usually clear up upon reboot.

First, client lists in ASUSWRT can be unreliable and can only be ignored.

Crazy thought here... maybe the Orbi extender remembers the exact signal (not SSID) that you set it up to extend(?) Maybe temporarily disabling radios except on the desired node and then setup the Orbi to extend that node signal would yield what you want(?) Maybe this is a dumb idea!

OE

 

[Chris000]

Thanks OE, that’s an interesting idea, to disable the 5Ghz radio on the node it is hitting to see if it connects elsewhere. I don’t think this is possible because it is hitting the main router, I don’t see an option to disable particular radios just on that node, as I do on the satellite nodes. One more thing, the extender does not show up at all in the ASUS web interface, only on the mobile apps (iOS and Android). Very strange and buggy stuff.

I don’t want to, but maybe I’ll factory reset the extender and hope it connects to a closer AP. Even if that works, it would be good for it to show are wireless so that I can bind it.