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mrhoni
Aspirant
Jan 25, 2020

Unable to create 2.4 SSID because Mac no longer has telnet

My Orbi has been up and running for a few years with just one SSID.  I have a situation where I need to create a 2.4ghz SSID, however newer Mac OS no longer includes Telnet to allow me to continue th...
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CrimpOn
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 25, 2020

There are probably many ways to install telnet on Macs.  Here is the first link I found:

http://osxdaily.com/2018/07/18/get-telnet-macos/ 

 

If it's not too personal, could you please identify the reason behind needing to create a separate SSID for the 2.4G WiFi network.  If it is to install a specific product, people on the forum may have found a way to do that.  There is a concern that since it is not officially supported, Netgear may eventually take away the "hack" of splitting SSID's.