@spamoni since you are knowledgeable in IT matters, maybe you can help me out with my situation. My desire is to have all my wired connection/devices in my home network have 2.5GbE capability. I currently have the Mesh Pro router. If I have a modem → 2.5 GbE switch → Rest of house (including Mesh Pro router), then all my connections are 2.5 GbE compatible, however, this topology won’t work since I need to have a router with DHCP before the switch. But if I reverse the order and do modem → Mesh Pro router → 2.5 GbE switch → Rest of house, the problem is that now the connection between the Mesh Pro router and the switch is limited to 1GbE because there is only 1 x 2.5 GbE on the back of the router, the other is normal 1.0 GbE.
I’m frustrated, I’m happy that we have a 2.5 GbE port on the router, but what good is it if it then limits the rest of my house to 1.0 GbE. My strong preference would be to build out my network using equipment that is all rated for 2.5 GbE, with my only speed limitation being the speed of my ISP plan, which can change over time.
@spamoni a follow up to my questions is what if I do this…
modem/router (from Xfinity) → 2.5GbE switch → all other devices, including 1-3 Wyze Mesh Router Pro’s. How will this work with the routers? Since they only have 1 ethernet connection per router, is this different than a true “wired backhaul”? Seems more like WAPs to me…
You can use either Port to connect to the WAN with and even the Backhaul. The Routers are self configuring which is why you need to setup the Main Router first.
I have FiOS with Gigabit connection. So not a huge issue for me. However, I have my Satellite nodes using the 2.5GbE connection as the Backhaul. My WAN Connects to the 2.5GbE port for faster or efficient communication out.
I will see if I can come up with a way so you can use the 2.5GbE within your home and WAN.
Sorry I’m a noob, by WAN, do you mean the speed from my ISP or the speed I want to achieve within my home?
Actually, you raise a good idea: if I use the 1GbE port for the ISP service (since I don’t currently have > 1 GbE from ISP), then that leaves the 2.5GbE for all the local network stuff like going between my connected devices. Is that about right?
Nowadays, 10Gb ports are now optional, and later, they will be standard. If I’m building out my network, I’d like to rate it for 2.5GbE so that in the future, whenever I buy faster devices, it will be plug and play. For example, the latest Mac mini has an optional 10Gb port for a small upgrade fee. I want to avoid building out a 1GbE network, then as I buy faster devices, rebuilding it again.
10GbE is too expensive to build now, but 2.5GbE is pretty close to a standard network.
Since your max connection can only be 1 GB, take your Satellite Nodes and use the 2.5GbE connection to ensure you have the fastest connection back to the main router. I would then Take your ISP WAN Connection and plug it into your 2.5 GbE, and use the 1 GbE to connect to your Router. Granted, that will be the slowest point, but since you can only get 1Gbps, you will be fine.
Connect the 1G port on my root router to my 2.5G capable switch.
Connect each 2.5G on my other Wyze routers (satellites) to the 2.5G switch.
The reason being is that you ISP Connection is only 1G, so your connection to the Main router out to the WAN will be fine. and your internal network will be running at maximum speed.
That is how mine is setup. I use my 2.5G as the Backhaul and no other connections.
I’m confused at #2. Why would you connect the 1G port on root router to the 2.5G switch? Then all traffic between network and root is limited to 1G.
Alternatively, doesn’t the way I proposed it move that limit in front of the main router? In other words, all my traffic (in house) would be at 2.5G, until it left my home to ISP, then it would be 1G. Don’t you think that would be better, so that my home devices (NAS or other) can communicate at 2.5G?
Cause I like to have the router negotiate speeds. Come in as fast as you can and then let the router adjust. But you can hook it up either way you would like. Absolutely. Remember, your NAS will be on your Local Network which will be running on 2.5G.
You will be fine. I have multiple NAS Devices, one is a Media Device and I have no issue streaming movies, music, etc.
Thanks for all your advice. I have one more network layout I’m curious about. What if I were to do the following:
-ISP enters home through Xfinity modem/router combo
-Combo to 2.5G switch
-2.5G switch to the 2.5GbE port on each of 3 Wyze Mesh Router Pros
What would happen here? This configuration seems like it would want to use the Mesh Routers as APs instead of routers. Would the Wyze routers play nicely here?
You can’t set the Wyze Mesh Routers up as APs. When you do that, you will be setting up a different network. Then you will.need to use Bridge Mode and individuals have had issues with that. I don’t use Bridge Mode and can’t speak to it directly.
If Wyze really wanted to kill the competition, they should’ve just put 2 x 2.5 ports on the Pro routers. That would solve all these annoying issues, and really set them apart from the market and future-proofed their design.
Would this explain why I can’t add the white Wyze mesh router as a new device? To back up, I deleted the white Wyze mesh router device this morning on the Wyze app when I was unboxing the pro router. Then reset network through my ATT smart home app. Once that rebooted I was able to add the Wyze pro router through Wyze app. Everything works great and signal strength is solid. Now that I have the Wyze pro as my main router, it is struggling to add the satellite router (old white Wyze mesh router). This is after powering on and it is looking for Bluetooth connection it keeps giving me a Bluetooth connect error. I have it in proximity of main router and have already reset all, disabled WiFi on my phone, and have logged out of app on all other devices.
Is the incompatibility preventing the Bluetooth sync for setup? I was unaware that the pro and white routers were incompatible.
