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JeriD
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Dec 07, 2019

Forcing Guest SSID to be 2.4

Hi - I have seens lots of posts to talk about how you can manually go into debug mode and setup separate SSID's for various purposes. However, I've been unable to force my Guest network to only suppo...
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JeriD
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Dec 13, 2019

I will try this over the weekend and report back. Thanks.

    • SW_'s avatar
      SW_
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      Dec 13, 2019
      JeriD wrote:

      I followed the instructions at the link provided exactly (https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/ORBI-RBK50-RBS50-Tips-Tricks-Hidden-Secrets-etc/m-p/1835472#M78008) without success. When I connected with my phpne to what was supposed to be the 2.4  guest ssid, it did connect to the guest network but at 5G, not 2.4. Is it possible that on my router (RBR40) wlg0 is the wrong interface to change?

      I don't have RBR40, but you can quickly verify the interface via telnet cmd.

      • config show | grep ssid=*

       

      root@RBR50:/# config show | grep ssid=*
      wla1_ssid=NEST
      wlg1_ssid=NEST24GHz

      You can swap them you see 2 Guest Network SSIDs.

      Good luck!

    • SW_'s avatar
      SW_
      Prodigy
      Dec 13, 2019

      Just tested with my iPhone and it seems to connect to my Orbi Router 2.4GHz SSID and works as expected.

       

      Check out the attached picture!

       

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        JeriD
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        Dec 13, 2019

        Thanks for the continued help with this. The below output is the  result of the config show command. I may have fouled these up based on earlier experimentations which may be part of my problem. Wherever I have ZZZZZ below is where i defined a SSID Name. All others are from the system. This entry had something defined but not from me: wlg_arlo_ssid.

         

        Can someone confirm in the below entries for certain which are the four settings that are for the SSID's below that matter ? (2 for primary network and 2 for the guest network). Then I can make sure I set the  correct setting for Guest 2.4?

         

        Thanks again.

         

        root@RBR40:/# config show | grep ssid=*
        bridge_wl_ssid=NETGEAR-Bridge
        wla_ssid=ZZZZZ
        wla_2nd_ul_bssid=
        wlg_ul_bssid=
        wla_ul_bssid=
        wlg_ext_ssid=
        wla_ap_bh_ssid=NETGEAR_ORBI_hidden80
        wlg_ap_bh_ssid=NETGEAR_ORBI_hidden80
        wan_brig_ssid1=0
        wan_brig_ssid2=0
        wla_sta_ssid=NETGEAR_ORBI_hidden80
        wlg_sta_ssid=NETGEAR_ORBI_hidden80
        endis_ssid_broadcast=1
        wl1_2nd_ssid=ZZZZZ
        wla_2nd_ssid=ZZZZZ
        wl_ssid=ZZZZZ
        wla_2nd_endis_ssid_broadcast=1
        wlg1_ssid=ZZZZZ
        wan_brig_guest_ssid1=0
        wan_brig_guest_ssid2=0
        wlg_arlo_ssid=[there was a name here but I didn't create it. Possibly system generated?]
        wla1_2nd_ssid=ZZZZZ