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RBK23 and separating 2.4/5G
Hi there! I've tried to seperate the 2.4/5 GHz networks as has been posted via telnet but this doesn't seem to work with the RBK23. Thought I'd post on this specific equipment to see if anyone has ...
Nada!
root@RBR20:/# config set wla_2nd_ssid="MNETWORK5"
root@RBR20:/#
root@RBR20:/# config commit
root@RBR20:/#
root@RBR20:/# reboot
root@RBR20:/#
root@RBR20:/#
Connection to host lost.
REBOOT AND ORIGINAL SSID ONLY.
After the reboot I telnet in and config get it just the original SSID.
So frustrating for what should be a setting somewhere in the App or Orbi Router settings!
Thanks!
It seems then that Netgear added a check in RBR20/RBR40 software to make sure that all fronthaul SSID's are the same. This is different than what's in RBR50.
One last thing to try is to rename the SSID in the web GUI (under >> BASIC >> Wireless >> SSID to the name you want to give to the 5 GHz network (MNETWORK5).
Then do the following commands to change the 2.4 GHz network:
- nvram show | grep ssid (to see what values the different variables will have after the change of SSID in the GUI)
- config set wl_ssid=MNETWORK
- config commit
- reboot
Thank you for your help!
This worked for about 5 minutes - split and showed the 2 SSID's. And then it reverted back to MNETWORK.
It looks like there just isn't a way to do this with the RBK23.
Imulji wrote:
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This worked for about 5 minutes - split and showed the 2 SSID's. And then it reverted back to MNETWORK.
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Can it be the satellites affecting the router? When you did the above I guess that the Satellites were connected to the router, right? Can you please try the above changes (changing wla_ssid and wla_2nd_ssid) while the Satellites are disconnected.