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Bypasses the need to set the Xiaomi device to Singapore region by adding a node via API

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Bypasses the need to set the Xiaomi device to Singapore region by adding a node via API

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TL;DR

Calling directly the /api/xqnetwork/add_mesh_node API is enough to add a new mesh node without the need to switch the main router's region to Singapore. (Tested with Xiaomi firmware global 3.0.22)

The story

As a christmas gift this year I decided to buy two Xiaomi Mi Aiot AX3600 routers as I noticed that they supported WPA3 / WIFI6 and they could even be connected via Mesh either Wireless or Wired (I am gonna love this one!) and could auto-configure all the IOT devices that I already have at home.

So I proceeded in configuring the router for usage with Italian servers (in the initial configuration the region it's the first thing Xiaomi asks for) but, after configuring the main router, I noticed that it could not see/autoconfigure the secondary router as it didn't appear at all when the router called the /api/xqnetwork/scan_mesh_node API, returning a sad:

{"list":[],"code":0}

Searching online I noticed that a guy on the Xiaomi forum (here) discovered the origin of the problem:

When you reset an AX3600 (global firmware) to add it as a mesh router the default country is singapore
[...]
So your main router must be set to singapore also ( unfortunatly you must reset it if you already have another country)
Once done it will detect the second mesh router.

...But, setting the router to Singapore breaks the compatibility with the MiHome app, if you already had devices added to it and, more importantly, sends data outside the EU.

I then discovered that, configuring the system to singapore, the system would call the /api/xqnetwork/add_mesh_node API, just passing the 5GHz mac address (yes, even if you are connected via wired mesh) and the "room name".

Resetting the device, configuring it to use Italian servers and then calling directly the API passing the 5GHz mac address of the secondary router was enough to have it autoconfigured.

How to

What you will need

IP Address of master router
Password of master router
MAC Address (5GHz) of client router

How to retrieve MAC Address

Turn on the client router
Wait for the two lights to turn on (the internet one should be orange, the system one should be cyan/blue)
Use a wifi scanner app on Android such as Wifi Analyzer
Wait for a Xiaomi_network with 5G in the name to appear (it will take a minute) and just write down the mac address.

Usage

Run:

python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
python3 addmesh.py

Just input the ip address of the master router, the password and the mac address of the client.

The end.

Special thanks

ScientificHackers here on github for the pymiwifi repository, used for the login part.
Oualibadr from the Xiaomi forums for the "Singapore only" hint

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miwifi_mesh_node_adder's Issues

Compatibility with Xiaomi AX3000?

Hi!

Thanks a lot for your work!

Do you know if this is compatible with router Xiaomi AX3000 (not 3600), whose servers are based in China (and cannot connect to european ones)? I'd like to connect my router to the Xiaomi app instead of using MiWifi.

I use it standalone, without client router - i only connect domestic stuff like PC or phones

Thanks a lot!

Greetings from France

Ugo

Stuck after Mac adresses showing up

First of all, thank you for your effort on it and the will to share with us.

I have alittle issue that maybe is something easy to overcome.
After my master router (AX3600) find the MAC adresses from client router (AX1800), it shows this:
"Client (not configured) 5GHz mac address (AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF):"

If a try to insert the right MAC, it shows me some error like that:
"Adding 9C:9D:7E:9D:5E:C8 as mesh node..
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\campo\Desktop\MiWiFi_Mesh_Node_Adder-main\addmesh.py", line 165, in
if router.add_mesh_node(mac_address_client):
File "C:\Users\campo\Desktop\MiWiFi_Mesh_Node_Adder-main\addmesh.py", line 139, in add_mesh_node
jdata = response.json()
File "C:\Users\campo\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\requests\models.py", line 900, in json
return complexjson.loads(self.text, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\campo\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\json_init_.py", line 346, in loads
return _default_decoder.decode(s)
File "C:\Users\campo\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\json\decoder.py", line 337, in decode
obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
File "C:\Users\campo\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\json\decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)"

Could you help me?

Not able to type in Master Password

Hi there,
first of all thanks for all the effort you put in - i am very impressed of this easy work-around and appreciate it a lot!
After typing in the IP of the Master Router i get asked for the password. Unfortunately i am not able to type anything in, it wont take any commands other then me hitting "enter". I want to type in the password, but it just wont recognize it. As if my keyboard is not plugged in.. lol :)

is there any solution for that possibly?

Thanks a lot!

Best regards
Paul

Success message but nothing happens

After running the command it tells me to wait for it ro reboot but it won't reboot. So I did it manually, but it is still not working. The routers are ~1,5m apart and up to date.

MiWiFi Mesh Node Adder v1.0 by ShotokanZH
Master (online, configured) router address: 192.168.31.1
Master password:
Logging in..
Login: OK

Platform: R3600
AIoT scan status: ON

Asking master to scan for Xiaomi Wifi APs...
No AP detected! (Are the two devices close enough?)
You can continue, but it will probably fail.

Client (not configured) 5GHz mac address (AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF):9E:B2:00:22:BA:E00 Adding 9E:B2:00:22:BA:E0 as mesh node..
Node configured correctly! Wait for it to reboot.

Evo@MacBook-Pro MiWiFi_Mesh_Node_Adder-main % python3 addmesh.py   
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/Evo/Downloads/MiWiFi_Mesh_Node_Adder-main/addmesh.py", line 7, in <module>
    import requests
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/site-packages/requests/__init__.py", line 43, in <module>
    import urllib3
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/site-packages/urllib3/__init__.py", line 11, in <module>
    from . import exceptions
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/site-packages/urllib3/exceptions.py", line 3, in <module>
    from .packages.six.moves.http_client import IncompleteRead as httplib_IncompleteRead
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'urllib3.packages.six.moves'

any updates needed to get this working?

thanks in advance