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WaldS
Feb 20, 2021Initiate
Orbi WiFi SSID now always on?
Hello and thank you for reading this. I have recently updated my Orbi RBR20 router to the latest firmware version (2.6.2.104). I noted that now the main WiFi network SSID can no longer be hidden...
Nikita
Feb 21, 2021Aspirant
WaldS
Feb 23, 2021Initiate
Thanks to those that replied. Much appreciated. To clarify: hiding the main WiFi in my case was merely a cosmetic issue... I accept the security clarifications but they do not apply here. I just wanted to have one WiFi advertised to my visitors. Other devices at home did not need to see the main network SSID because they were always connected. So my question is more of a disappointment with Netgear that removed that option arbitrarily,
without informing users why. I hope they read this forum and can restore this functionality in the next revision.