Yes documentation is very lacking, besides press the button.
I’ve been mucking around with my B1300 mesh after moving into a new house and here’s what worked best for me FWIW (now running a 4 node mesh)
- Reset master node
- Connect master node via WAN port
- Setup master node to get a working internet connection
- Scan surrounding WiFi channels to find best channels to set both the 2.4 and 5 Ghz channels to
- Set the WiFi up on the master node to match appropriate channels as per 4 above
- Also pay attention to bandwidth (20,40,80) depending on environment
- Reset 1st slave node
- Place slave node near the master node
- Press the mesh button on the masternode until the second faster flash and release
- Press the mesh button on the slave node until the second faster flash and release
- Wait - this appears to take a completely random amount of time to get a proper mesh connection. Often more than the state 3-4 minutes above.
- You can go tto the master node @ 192.168.8.1 and watch the status of the mesh ( doing browser refreshes) , you should eventually see wireless change to mesh on the LHS menu and you should see node 1 appear under the mesh on the mesh page. Wait until you get solid green on both nodes.
- Change the mesh name and password to what you want it to be on the mesh node on the master node
- If you have additional nodes, reset them, bring them close to the master node and slave node
- Repeat steps 9-12 above until you see node 2, node 3 etc and solid mesh lights
- Place the nodes where you want them
- Find the optimal position for the nodes so that all nodes show connecting to the mesh (solid led)
Note I have previously had issues where the slave nodes have a flashing mesh light however they still seem to work fine. Can check to see if your mesh status on the master node shows clients attached.
As I say, don’t know if tis helps but every little thing hopefully works towards a whole solution 