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[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.

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