[Deco] Create a 2nd Mesh network
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Hi,
I have 2 houses (house A and B) on the same property and I have ethernet running everywhere. Both houses are linked with a single CAT7 ethernet cable (currently at 1GB) and for each house I have either a modem (House A) or a switch (House B). The modem is the DHCP server as it uses as well VLAN for TV.
I have bought a Deco x20 for house B and it works quite nice (in AP mode of course). I see however that we need to select a main deco and that the others would connect to the main through ethernet backhaul.
I would like as well to do a mesh network in house A but I don't want to stress the only link between house A and B (basically I don't want all traffic to go to house B),
Is there a possibility to create a 2nd mesh network? Like a mesh network for House A and another for house B?
They both have to be in access mode (receive dhcp from modem)
Of coruse they will have different SSID.
Cheers
tpliiink
I have run tests with wired Decos in AP mode, and I am doubtful all traffic goes through Main Deco. I tested on very similar to your network layout. If you want, I can explain in more details test I ran and why I think so, and how you can easily verify it yourself.
Yet, there is another simple solution and I wonder why are you not considering it: buy new X20 and deploy it in house A as a Satellite Deco for your Deco mesh. After succesful addition, make it Main Deco. Now you have Main Deco in house A.
You can set Main Deco in Deco app. Touch globe on the top of the main screen, you'll see list of all Decos you have, then touch three dots at the right upper corner and menu will appear:
