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Separate network with conflict channel
I need to separate the 2.5ghz and the 6ghz since I have some devices/printers that have trouble connecting when both bands share the same SSID. Since the MK83 does not support separating the SSIDs of...
cpthk wrote:
I need to separate the 2.5ghz and the 6ghz since I have some devices/printers that have trouble connecting when both bands share the same SSID.
Which printer is this, how are you trying to connect to it, and from what?
Printers turn up here often. Rarely do they need any faffing around with wifi bands. You just have to go about it in the right way.
Sadly, the people who make printers are often hopeless so it is no surprise that people have problems that lead them to blame their routers for these issues.
The usual way to fix wifi printers is to find the printer maker's utility, the software that runs on your operating system. Then use that to connect the printer to the wifi.
The router just broadcasts wifi. It is then down to the printer to play ball. There isn't much that you can do on a router, beyond fixing it to a particular IP address, that affects what the printer gets up to.
Where possible, using the WPS feature can simplify things.