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Different SSID for 2.4 and 5GHz on RBR20
We'd like to set the SSID for 2.4GHz and SSID for 5Ghz to different names. Can't figure out how to do that in the wireless settings.
Setting of separate SSIDs is not officially supported by NG for Orbi systems.
FURRYe38 wrote:Setting of separate SSIDs is not officially supported by NG for Orbi systems.
Understood, which is why I asked on a community board as opposed to contacting Netgear. Can it be done and how?
SKPnSFP wrote:
FURRYe38 wrote:Setting of separate SSIDs is not officially supported by NG for Orbi systems.
Understood, which is why I asked on a community board as opposed to contacting Netgear. Can it be done and how?
It can be but is outside the concept of a true mesh system. You may be better off to do a search here for there are a ton of discussions on the subject. Some involve using FTP. One may want ask why do want to do this?
I want to echo Retired_Member. Not only is setting different SSID for 2.4G and 5G not supported in the product setup, but methods people have found to "get around" this restriction by using telnet commands will not necessarily work with future firmware releases. There are literally hundreds of posts on this subject.
Now that the Orbi does have a method to stop broadcasting the 5G SSID (temporarily, one hopes), most of the issues about connecting "smart devices" (with dumb software) have gone away. Users on this forum have found ways to make almost everything work with only a single SSID.
If there is a really serious, important reason why your home WiFi has to have different SSID's by frequency band, then take back the Orbi. Get something else.
Try the Orbi and see if it works for you in the intended design first. You may find that it will work. If you have specific 2.4Ghz devices that need connecting, first setup the same SSID and PW used on your prior router system on the Orbi. You can use this same information. Thus making migration to Orbi less of a hassle. For some newer 2.4Ghz only supporting devices, there is a solution on getting them to connect as michaelkenward suggested. It works.
SKPnSFP wrote:
FURRYe38 wrote:Setting of separate SSIDs is not officially supported by NG for Orbi systems.
Understood, which is why I asked on a community board as opposed to contacting Netgear. Can it be done and how?
FURRYe38 wrote:Try the Orbi and see if it works for you in the intended design first. You may find that it will work. If you have specific 2.4Ghz devices that need connecting, first setup the same SSID and PW used on your prior router system on the Orbi. You can use this same information. Thus making migration to Orbi less of a hassle. For some newer 2.4Ghz only supporting devices, there is a solution on getting them to connect as michaelkenward suggested. It works.
what happened to this response..."Setting of separate SSIDs is not officially supported by NG for Orbi systems. "
Retired_Member wrote:
what happened to this response..."Setting of separate SSIDs is not officially supported by NG for Orbi systems. "
What do you mean?
I assume that this is what you are asking about? Hard to tell from the nested quotes in your reply.
