AX 3600 mesh not detected

[seb91chti]

Pour info, mi wifi vient de s'activer pur les installations singapour. J'ai accès depuis 2mn à mon routeur. Néanmoins je veux l'installer en version française. Je continue.
Je viens de desinstaller python en 64 bits et j'essaie avec la version 32

 

[YuliaVa]

Hello @ShotokanZH ,
May be you have an idea about another issue with ax3600. When mesh is activated I cannot set wifi 6 ports ( DFS channels 52-140) . I get this error message :

DFS channels (52-140) can't be selected when Mesh mode is on

Thanks

 

[ShotokanZH]

Hello @ShotokanZH ,
May be you have an idea about another issue with ax3600. When mesh is activated I cannot set wifi 6 ports ( DFS channels 52-140) . I get this error message :

DFS channels (52-140) can't be selected when Mesh mode is on

Thanks
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Hey! I think that I have read somewhere that those are actually used by wireless mesh data sync, that's why you cannot use those channels
I can see if those are still usable in ethernet mesh in case!

 

[seb91chti]

J'ai réussi à lancer la séquence Python. Je me prépare à l'installation.
J'avais installé Python 3.9.1 en 64 bits. Cela ne fonctionne pas.
J'ai installé Python à travers le Windows Store. Et là, ça marche:

Merci beaucoup pour ton aide. Je réinstalle le tout en France et vous tiens au courant si cela fonctionne.

 

[YuliaVa]

Hey! I think that I have read somewhere that those are actually used by wireless mesh data sync, that's why you cannot use those channels
I can see if those are still usable in ethernet mesh in case!

So I need to choose . Or to activate a mesh network or to connect to wifi 6 ports?

 

[seb91chti]

Et bien, c'est bon. Merci beaucoup.
Pour le tutoriel, je rajouterai qu'il faut installer Python version Windows Store.
Mettre les fichiers dans un repertoire,
Mettre CMD dans la partie recherche Windows.
Faire CD\
Faire CD repertoire choisi
Ensuite les lignes de commande.

En tous les cas merci de m'avoir accompagné. J'ai donc un Routeur Mesh Francais avec 2 AX 3600. Faut espérer que Xiaomi lève cette contrainte.

 

[Amirw]

Sorry i forgot the -r:
pip install -r requirements.txt

Hi, I have a similar problem to Yulia (also from Israel...). Thanks for the script but I'm not so familiar with this and I tried to solve it as you described but it looks like there is no response after I enter the command:

Where should write the details you've mentioned: IP, password, MAC adr. ?

Thanks!

 

[seb91chti]

Hi,

lock my post.
remove 3 for python
install python with microsoft store

IP : ipconfig and look passerelle par défaut
pass is your pass AX3600

 

[Amirw]

I know what details I need to enter (IP, pass....). Just don't know where to type them.
Is it in the end of the command line in the CMD, or maybe instead of the text p"ip" or -"m" for MAC address? I'm really confused about it. Thanks!

 

[paulus22]

Glad I found this page. I have been using an AX3600 for a couple of month in the UK (Global version), and have bought an AX1800 to add as mesh! Disaster! However reading this thread I see the issue must be that the AX3600 region is UK, whilst after the required factory reset on the AX1800 it's region is Chinese Mainland. Since I have no python experience (and to my knowledge no SSH access to the AX3600?) would getting into the AX1800 and changing its region to UK - then not resetting - work? Or do I need to acquire these new skills to execute the script from Win10?

UPDATE: once I had translated Seb91's French I decided to go the script method. All good, now working well. Thank you so much.

 

[Amirw]

Hi. The same thing happened to me but i overcome it.

1- use firmware below on ur primary router and preferably on all the mesh points

YouTube

www.youtube.com

2- reset the mesh nodes
3-login to the main router and start adding mesh nodes


if you are not able to do it wirlessly
connect a internet connection from ur modem to wan port of the router
connect another network cable from lan port of router to lan port of node
go to main router and add mesh node
it will work

Hi, are you sure about connecting from the LAN in the main router to the LAN (not the WAN) in the mesh node?
This must be critical...
Thanks!

 

[paulus22]

A follow-up question once we have mesh working successfully; is there any way to access the mesh node - for example to check for firmware updates?

STUPID QUESTION: Not possible afaik from the app, but using a browser I just get the lan address from the main router and log into the node using its address. Sorry.

 

[paulus22]

Having accessed the mesh node I wonder whether the script method has FULLY worked. All devices connected to the mesh work fine, however the time-zone syncing of the main router to the mesh node hasn't happened. My AX3600 (main router) is set the UK (global software), while the mesh node (AX1800) is still set to Chinese Mainland. Will this cause any unexpected errors in future - like on-line upgrades?

 

[ShotokanZH]

Having accessed the mesh node I wonder whether the script method has FULLY worked. All devices connected to the mesh work fine, however the time-zone syncing of the main router to the mesh node hasn't happened. My AX3600 (main router) is set the UK (global software), while the mesh node (AX1800) is still set to Chinese Mainland. Will this cause any unexpected errors in future - like on-line upgrades?

Supposing that the ax1800 is using a global software too I'd say that I think you are receiving cached infos, clean the cache or access the page via anonymous browsing and retry the mesh one should be set in uk too!

 

[paulus22]

I am not aware of any global software for the AX1800, the current software is 1.0.378. I am not aware of how to change the region once meshed. Not a big deal, if global software is available I will update - but not sure how that would work whilst meshed. May have to update software (once available) then unmesh; go through installation procedure to select region; then remesh?? My concern is once "installed" to set region, then I am supposed to do a factory reset before meshing, but does the reset revert it to Chinese Mainland? So must I still need to learn about these boxes.

Miwifi app won't directly access the AX1800 because it is in a different region to my phone (where the app resides), but I can access it via its web address.

UPDATE; I have synch time zones by changing the AX3600, then changing it back to GMT. This has updated the AX1800.

 

[ShotokanZH]

I am not aware of any global software for the AX1800, the current software is 1.0.378. I am not aware of how to change the region once meshed. Not a big deal, if global software is available I will update - but not sure how that would work whilst meshed. May have to update software (once available) then unmesh; go through installation procedure to select region; then remesh?? My concern is once "installed" to set region, then I am supposed to do a factory reset before meshing, but does the reset revert it to Chinese Mainland? So must I still need to learn about these boxes.

Miwifi app won't directly access the AX1800 because it is in a different region to my phone (where the app resides), but I can access it via its web address.

UPDATE; I have synch time zones by changing the AX3600, then changing it back to GMT. This has updated the AX1800.

Yeah, there surely will be some incompatibilities while you are using a non-global firmware, and I can't really say what might break.
By the way, to update its firmware, once one will be available, just "unmesh" it, configure it once, upgrade it, re-factory reset it and re-mesh it via the script. Everything will be working fine and your country will be set correctly.

 

[geashono]

Hi everybody, like
@YuliaVa I tried to mesh ax3600 global version( main router) Israel as a region and ax1800 (mesh node) with China as region ,but without luck.
It tell me :"Node configured correctly! Wait for it to reboot." and then nothing happened, I tried to reboot\reset but nothing. I dont know what to do next.....

 

[ShotokanZH]

Hi everybody, like
@YuliaVa I tried to mesh ax3600 global version( main router) Israel as a region and ax1800 (mesh node) with China as region ,but without luck.
It tell me :"Node configured correctly! Wait for it to reboot." and then nothing happened, I tried to reboot\reset but nothing. I dont know what to do next.....

Is the AX1800 in factory reset mode?
If you do the first configuration nothing will work at all

 

[geashono]

Thank for your reply, till now i just did simple reset, now i tried also factory reset, but still the same result.....
"wait for reboot" and nothing happen

 

[geashono]

A quick update:
Due that i couldn't get the 5G Mac address on my android(probably because of the china region) i relied on the Mac address that the script offered me.
But in my computer i can find the 5G wireless network and after running the "WiFi Info View" app -- i figured out that the Mac address is different(it is 1 number down the 2G address instead 1 number up like the script offered me).
After i ran the script with the new Mac address and i rebooted the Mesh node, I see it on the devices connected as mesh. But i am not seeing it on the main screen. And it doesn't work as mesh. That mean i cant connect with the node to the Internet when it is not near the main router.
So the problem remain......

 

[paulus22]

Are you sure its not working as mesh. If the boxes are set to different regions the app will only see the original box. However, use the web browser, find the ip address of the mesh box, then log into it from the browser. You will then see what has attached via the mesh.

 

[geashono]

Anyway I have not internet near to the node mesh. I am seeing the main router connection but there is no way to connect with it to the Interenet.
So its seem that the mesh is not set up.
Ari

 

[cranton]

Hi, just a quick note, I tried connecting two ax3600 via ethernet (to achieve wired mesh mode) and the DFS channels are still not available (DFS channels (52-140) can't be selected when Mesh mode is on). I am a little disappointed that 160Mhz is not available in mesh mode but still a 1.2Gpbs connection is good enough for the next 2-3 years.

Edit: I noticed that when I am connected to the main node the connection is 2.4Gbps. When i am connected to the mesh node it drops to 1.2Gbps

 

[geashono]

Ok,I think the reason i didnt have internet was the distance. I dont know why but it seem that it have difficult to connect from my living room to my room.
Now i I put the Ax1800 in the middle between them and i add another 2 mesh devices and i have (not too fast) Internet.
By the way-when i tap the connection it leasd to the MI connection setup,but it said "Not Auth"

 

[snotto]

I have a couple of AX3600 on global 3.0.22 version. I might have tried everything to mesh them togheter:
- both have the AIoT Antenna on
- tried with both Wi-Fi 5 compat mode turned on and off
- tried with the script (thank you @ShotokanZH, very insightfull), with the mac address sugested, one up or down compared to the 2.4 MAC, also took the MAC adress directly from the 5Ghz network (was one up compared to the 2.4Ghz)
- tried with the secondary router vanilla factory reset or with the minimal general configuration.
It's just sad, not a problem that things don't work, have a release notes for limitations, known issues...

Anything else that i might need to try?