RBK50 will not save second ssid

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I bought a refurbished RBK50 kit from Microcenter. It seems to work okay except for one thing. It won't allow me to save the second ssid. I go to the debug page, turn telnet on, telnet to the router and add the second ssid:

config set wla_ssid="SOMEVALUE"

config commit

reboot

It works for a few minutes, but the second ssid doesn't show up on the advanced wirless page. After a few minutes, the router resets briefly and the second ssid disappears. When I telnet to the router, the ssid is back to the same one it was before (same as the wl_ssid). It doesn't matter which one I change (the 2.4ghz or the 5ghz ssid) since the ssid disappears either way. Is there a way to fix this or did I get a bad refurbished unit? Thanks.

FURRYe38 · Answer

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/How-to-set-a-separate-SSID-for-the-5-GHz-network-on-your-Orbi/td-p/1396594/jump-to/first-unread-message

Almazar80 · Answer

Thanks for responding.&nbsp; I did all the things that the document you linked to said that I should.&nbsp; And for a few minutes, it does work.&nbsp; Unfortunately, in my case, the router reverts to the single ssid after a short amount of time.&nbsp; I tried this several times.&nbsp; I even check the satellite to make sure that the ssids were propagated after the change and they are.&nbsp; Unfortunately, the system resets after a few minutes and reverts to a single ssid configuration.&nbsp; The other changes I put in place (new router address, DHCP configuration, DMZ setup etc.) are retained.&nbsp; Only the second ssid setup is reverting to the previous configuration.&nbsp;One thing I haven't tried is to change the ssid after doing a reset.&nbsp; I'll save the configuration, reset the router, and see what happens.&nbsp; It should not make a difference, but perhaps the second ssid can only be set when the router is at the default 192.168.1.1 address.

CrimpOn · Answer

If it's not too personal, would you be willing to share the reason for devoting this much effort to creating a second SSID on the Orbi that was clearly designed to host one SSID?

I am 99.9% certain that the IP address of the Orbi router has no bearing on this issue.

Almazar80 · Answer

I don't have to have two ssids.&nbsp; I can do with one, and in my use case, it works well enough.&nbsp; Though I always like having finer control of which devices use which band, etc.&nbsp; And since one can supposedly do it, I tried to do it and followed the procedures outlined but found a problem.&nbsp; I guess curiosity why something failed is the paramount reason for this query.&nbsp; I want to try to understand what's happening and why.&nbsp;I don't think it's the router IP address that's causing the problem either, but I'll reset the router and see what happens.&nbsp; I am using the latest firmware.

Almazar80 · Answer

I asked the question too soon.&nbsp; After reading through the big discussion, the answer was buried in the thread, but there are multiple solutions to this problem.&nbsp;1. Revert to earlier firmware2. Execute the following commands before changing the ssids:&nbsp;config set wifison-monitor_stop=1config commit&nbsp;3. Change a config file.&nbsp;Thank you to the people who have worked to find solutions for this common need (multiple SSIDs).&nbsp; I can understand why a single SSID is a good solution for many, but the few isn't as small as Netgear thinks it is, so why not give people a choice?

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RBK50 will not save second ssid

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