+1 here, unexpected dropouts mesh just goes down and takes few minutes to re-establish. Could not figure out the pattern, sometimes it works for days, sometimes it’s mostly unavailable for hours.
@Mahone, have you tried downgrading the firmware? Sadly, I won’t have much time to troubleshoot it further until September.
I’ve got to admit that the mesh on the B/S1300 is a bit tricky and there isn’t very good Gl.iNet documenation that explains clearly how to mesh.
Here’s the best procedure (well at least the one that works for me) :
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)
So, also here on this thread due to loosing Mesh capabilities with the 3.203 firmware uodate.
I’m running a S1300 (master with USB/Wan internet) and a B1300 (slave), which both worked flawlessly prior to the S1300 taking the update.
I’ve reverted the S1300 back to Firmware 3.105, but following the mesh setup, ad I have successfully in the past, I loose the ability to access the S1300 GUI when the router is in mesh mode, following the rollback to the 3.105 firmware.
Possible that a plugin got lost in the mix? Any suggestions?