Are 3 Alien routers supported?
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I already have 2 Alien routers -- 1 is configured as the router, the other is configured in bridge/mesh point mode with an Ethernet backhaul.
Can I add a 3rd Alien router as a second bridge/mesh point with an Ethernet backhaul?
Thanks!
Greg
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Can I add a 3rd Alien router as a second bridge/mesh point with an Ethernet backhaul?
Hi @gburlingame - yes you can install more than 2 standalone Alien routers as Ethernet backhaul mesh points
Just to confirm, are you installing them separately in Bridge mode?
Or are you adding them as wireless mesh points (RAMP) to your primary Alien router and then enabling Ethernet backhaul?
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@Derek-Saville Thank you! Sorry for the confusion on the lingo.
I am adding them as wireless mesh points to the primary Alien router with ethernet backhaul.
Is RAMP an acronym for "Remote Alien Mesh Point"?
Thanks!
Greg
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Hi @gburlingame - RAMP = 'Router As a Mesh Point'
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I have 4 set up in a mixed wired and wireless RAMP configuration. Works great with devices now relatively evenly spread across all 4.
1 as router
2 as wired RAMP mesh
1 as wireless RAMP mesh. This one is backhauling to one of the wired mesh units
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@Stephen-Foster-0 What speeds are you getting on the wireless backhaul? I have 2 setup and am getting 314up/54down mbps for my wifi mesh speeds. Maybe I am configuring it wrong, but I should be getting higher speeds. Thanks in advance.
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@Incidrthreat-Hackmethod when i do the test between mesh and router, I get around 1.2 Gbps wirelessly.
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@René-Guitar Ok, then my config needs some work. Mind sharing your setup/settings?
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@Incidrthreat-Hackmethod I configured the second Alien as a mesh point, using the 5ghz frequency. That’s it, that’s all. It just work.
2 units are on different storey. Approximately 25 feet apart. Mesh signal is about -45 dBm (varies between -44 to -47)
I have 27 devices on the network. I also have a few neighbours (4-5 other SSID)
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@René-Guitar Well crap, I did the same. Mine is ~25' away and has a -44 dBm with only 15 wireless devices on the network. I wonder why the large difference. Thanks for the help.
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@Incidrthreat-Hackmethod and your wireless back haul is on the 5ghz right?
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@René-Guitar Yeah, 5ghz Wifi6. Could this be a sign of defective equipment?
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@Incidrthreat-Hackmethod -43dBm is on the closer side and for the least amount of interference and greatest coverage we recommend -55 dBm.
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@UI-AmpliFi I'll move the mesh point closer and test the speeds. I feel like even at a -43 dBm the up and down speeds would still be greater than 500mbps, at least this is what I've gotten with other routers.
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@Incidrthreat-Hackmethod said in Are 3 Alien routers supported?:
move the mesh point closer
Farther*. -43 is very close so try moving it further away.
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@UI-AmpliFi I understood what you were saying. I wanted to see if it would help with the speeds or if the wall is causing that much of interference. My main router is on one side of the house and the mesh point is on the other (2500sqft house). When moving it closer, about half way, I get 1.5gbps (up and down) at -28dBm. When I put it on the other side of my office, from where it was originally adding around 8-10ft, I get 700mbps down and still the abysmal 38mpbs up.
The up rate fluctuates greatly. It hits ~200mbps briefly and then bounces between 10-50mbps for the rest of the test.
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@Incidrthreat-Hackmethod that is strange
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@UI-AmpliFi that’s not what the app will push us to do. -55 will be shown as « good » -44 will be reported as « perfect ».
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@René-Guitar Correct it does show perfect, however -44 is very close and will probably create large RF overlapping thus causing handoffs and throughput to possibly suffer.
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@UI-AmpliFi is this case, change what the app will « instruct » us to do. If -44 is not good, put a warning « too close ». What I’m saying is the info you are sharing with us is different fro. What I get I the app. So, I believe you should adjust both to be the same. My 0,02$
