WiFi extender always showing as wired

[CMitchell]

Hi, I have the BE30000 (BQ16 Pro) setup with one node as router and two satellite nodes. I also have a Netgear Orbi outdoor WiFi extender. This all works fine, but the Orbi always shows as wired connecting to the ASUS mesh network. The issue with this, for some reason it always connects to the main router, and I need it to connect to a satellite that is closer for better performance. I know that it should hit the particular satellite due to how it has worked with my older Orbi network and a WiFi7 tp-link setup I had for a few months before ditching it for ASUS. If it showed as wireless I’d be able to bind to the correct AP. Everything is running the latest firmware. I’ve rebooted everything, etc, always comes back as wired and connected to the router. Any thoughts or suggestions?

BTW, I do occasionally get another wireless device show as wired, but those usually clear up upon reboot.

[jzchen]

I have a similar experience with a GT-AXE11000 and TP-Link RE815XE.  The range extender shows up as wired.

I'm afraid my experience with binding a client to a specific node hasn't been too great as well, as sometimes that device would end up disconnected completely.  (I currently have zero bound devices)...

I hope that eventually your range extender will "settle" and move to a nearer connection as AiMesh is designed to do.  There's a setting roaming assistance and it is by default -70 dBm.  You could also try tinkering with it for example try -65 dBm, which I believe forces disconnection at a stronger signal level than default.