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SKPnSFP
Aspirant
Nov 11, 2019

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. 
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michaelkenward
Guru - Experienced User
Nov 12, 2019
SKPnSFP wrote:

We'd like to set the SSID for 2.4GHz and SSID for 5Ghz to different names.

 

Why do you want to do this?

 

I ask because some people request that and then discover that they don't need it because there are other ways to do what they want.

 

For example, people often ask for separate SSIDs because they want to set up some piece of poorly implemented Internet of Things (IoT) toys.

 

A lot of people find that this is not essential. They just turn off the 5GHz SSID broadcast while they configure their IoT things.

 

Here's one recent conversation:

 

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