I read in some places that the Xiaomi AX3000 mesh only works in a STAR network topology. Meaning satellite nodes will only connect to the main node. Unlike daisy chain topology where it connects to the nearest node instead.



Here's a youtube comment from one user: https://youtu.be/_blOsUiBRrY



Here's another comment from reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Xiaomi/s/r1MOyqkOyx