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RBK50 - Router sending out add'l wifi network
I set up a new RBK50 system with a router and two satellites. During set up, I changed the network name to a personal name and also enabled the Guest network afterwards. Everything with that wifi n...
fteng12 wrote:I noticed on my computer that there is an add'l wifi network available called "Orbi50". I was curious and tried to connect and I was able to.
My, my, my. Before recommending a "Factory Reset" and start over, do you have any WiFi tools? For example, on Windows there is WifiInfoView (free). Android has various WiFi Analyzer apps. Any of these will display the SSID of all available WiFi networks and also the MAC address of each access point (including the "hidden" router access point for the 5G WiFi backhaul). There are a dozen other WiFi Scanner programs. I just happen to use these two.
The primary and guest SSID's on each of your Orbi devices should each have the same WiFi MAC address for 2.4G and for 5G. This makes three primary MAC's and three guest MAC's on both 2.4G and 5G. If the MAC address on this ORBI50 matches any of those MAC addresses, "Houston, we have a problem."
I'm on a Mac, so can't use those programs. I'll see if I can find some other way to look that info up. Thanks.