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    <li>Open router‘s WebUI and navigate to '''Network''' → '''Wireless'''.</li> 
In router‘s WebUI, Navigate to '''Network → Wireless section → SSIDs'''. click [[File:Add Button.png]] and create new interface. Frequency band must match in all nodes.
    <li>Depending on your application requirements and availability, open 2.4GHz or 5GHz interface configuration. 2.4GHz is selected for this example.</li>
 
    <li>In '''General Setup''' tab make sure '''Mode''' is selected as '''Access Point'''.</li>
Make the following changes:
    <li>Change SSID so that it would be '''the same in all of the routers'''.</li>
 
    <li>In '''Wireless Security''' tab select encryption and set Password so that it would be '''the same in all of the routers'''.</li>
# Select Mode: '''Mesh'''
    <li>In router‘s WebUI, Navigate to '''Network''' '''Wireless''' section. '''Add new''' 2.4GHZ or 5GHz interface. '''This frequency band must match in all routers'''. </li>
# Select Radios: '''2.4GHZ'''
    <li>An interface configuration window will show up. In '''General Setup''' tab '''Enable''' interface, select Mode as '''Mesh''', and enter Mesh ID. '''Mesh ID Must be identical in all devices'''.</li>
# Enter SSID: '''Demo_1'''
    <li>In '''Wireless Security''' tab select Encryption '''WPA3 – SAE''' and enter the Password. '''The password must match in all devices'''.</li>
# Enter Password: '''Password'''
    <li>In '''Advanced Settings''' tab enable Forward mesh peer traffic and set RSSI threshold for joining to '''-80'''. Leave the rest as set by default.</li>
[[File:Mesh_General_Settings_1.png|border|700x500px|class=tlt-border|center]]
    <li>Lastly, press '''Edit''' on general radio settings.</li>
 
    <li>Set wireless channel to use. Channel must be '''the same in all of the routers'''</li>
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Make the following changes in '''Mesh Additional''' settings tab:
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# Enable Forward mesh peer traffic: '''on'''
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# Enter RSSI threshold for joining: '''-80'''
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In router‘s WebUI, Navigate to '''Network → Wireless section → Radio → Wifi 2.4GHZ settings'''.
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Make the following changes:
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# Select Channel: '''11 (2462 Mhz)'''
[[File:Mesh Channel Selection.png|border|700x500px|class=tlt-border|center]]


===Mesh nodes===
===Mesh nodes===