Question Asus ZenWifi PRO ET12 Setup?

[fkouloufakos]

Hi all,

I'm upgrading my mesh network from TP Link to the Pro ET12s. My setup has a modem, set to bridge mode, in the basement with 4 ethernet ports. Three of those ports go to the current TP Link Deco M4 pods, and the other to my PC.

As I'm see that with the Pro ET12s that there's the "backhaul". No real idea what that is but lets move on. After connecting one pod to the modem/isp and either using wifi or hardwire the "backhaul" can be done by hardwire connection between the two pods or by wifi right?

Getting to why I'm here, I was wondering if it makes sense to use the cabling already in place for the TP Link's, which again are connected directly to the modem, and connecting the two Pro ET12's? Would this be considered a "backhaul"? Or would such a set up cause problems?

Thanks in advance. And as you can tell, I'm a basic B when it comes to this stuff lol
Cheers!

 

[kanewolf]

Hi all,

I'm upgrading my mesh network from TP Link to the Pro ET12s. My setup has a modem, set to bridge mode, in the basement with 4 ethernet ports. Three of those ports go to the current TP Link Deco M4 pods, and the other to my PC.

As I'm see that with the Pro ET12s that there's the "backhaul". No real idea what that is but lets move on. After connecting one pod to the modem/isp and either using wifi or hardwire the "backhaul" can be done by hardwire connection between the two pods or by wifi right?

Getting to why I'm here, I was wondering if it makes sense to use the cabling already in place for the TP Link's, which again are connected directly to the modem, and connecting the two Pro ET12's? Would this be considered a "backhaul"? Or would such a set up cause problems?

Thanks in advance. And as you can tell, I'm a basic B when it comes to this stuff lol
Cheers!

Are you SURE you have the modem (I would guess router, since it has 4 ethernet ports) in bridge mode ? Typically only one port would work with bridge mode.

 

[fkouloufakos]

Pretty sure the modem is needed to connect to my ISP so ya. I'm looking at the ISP's app and it states "Your gateways is in Bridge Mode"