[AiMesh] What is Dedicated Wireless Backhaul(DWB)? How does it work?
A Dedicated Wireless Backhaul mechanism helps your AiMesh system to get the best connection bandwidth between each mesh node. The initial release of AiMesh products only supported Triband models (GT-AC5300, RT-AC5300). Now on the latest release, we've extended the dedicated wireless backhaul technology to triband+dual band or dual band+triband models.
| Dualband AiMesh router | Triband AiMesh router |
Dualband AiMesh node | Dedicated wireless backhaul will NOT be established | Dedicated wireless backhaul will be established |
Triband AiMesh node | Dedicated wireless backhaul will be established | Dedicated wireless backhaul will be established |
If you have already set up 3 different WiFi names for each band, the dedicated backhaul will not automatically establish. In order to do so, you'll need to enable Smart Connect.
Here is an example:
If I set up 2 GT-AC5300 (smart connect enabled), the WiFi name (SSID) rule will be:
| Without DWB | With DWB |
2.4GHz | ASUS | ASUS |
5GHz-1 | ASUS | ASUS |
5GHz-2 | ASUS | ASUSS_dwb (hidden) |
This hidden Wi-fi allows you to connect via manually inputting Wi-fi profiles into your PC or phone. You can display it from the wireless advanced settings.
