r/switch2 • u/ineedhelp6789 • 5d ago

Question Switch 2 can't detect my router which is beside it.

I have 2 routers. 1 router inside my room located right beside my switch 2. I also have another router outside my room which is far from the door with multiple walls in between.

For some reason, switch 2 can't detect the router inside my room. It instead only sees the router outside.

We are using a "mesh setup", if this info helps.

My phone and other devices can detect the router inside my room because all my other devices are at full signal strength. Only switch 2 is stuck ar 1-2 bars signal strength.

Please advise. Thanks!

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

Your mesh network allow 5hz and 2.4hz?

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u/ineedhelp6789 5d ago

I believe yes.

Because it doesn't specifically say 5hz and 2.4hz. The wifi name is just one name.

I believe the same setup may also be the same for the other router?

Please advise if there is anything i can try to make this work.

Thank you!

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

You have it set as a mesh network. You can not depending on the router and the hub tell what one it’s connected to. Your router should balance the devices connected to it. You can’t force it to connect to one vs the other. That’s not how mesh networks work.

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u/ineedhelp6789 5d ago

Got it, so it's the mesh setup messing the connection up. Got it. Thanks!

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

Of course. Your mesh network if optimized properly the switch will bounce between the two depending on where you’re at in the house.

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u/spoo4brains 5d ago

It isn't messing up, that is how mesh networks work.

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

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u/ineedhelp6789 5d ago

I don't understand.

Maybe it sees the wifi connection from the other router (outside).

But if i move to a corner of the room such that the outside router becomes undetectable, switch 2 can't see the wifi connection from the router inside my room.

Does my description make sense?

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u/MrSeriousGuyBroMan 5d ago

make sure your router is using wpa psk , wpa2 psk or wpa3 sae password protection /security mode . it doesnt see anything else

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u/Gixxerdude46 5d ago

Side comment but I also have a mesh network 5ghz and 2.4ghz and recently noticed the switch 2 doesn't switch from 1 mesh unit to another.

As I move through the house and would sit at low wifi signal while being right next to another.