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jsteele82
Aug 16, 2026Follower
RBE971 V12.1.10.12 - satellites do not broadcast the IoT SSID (regression from V9.13.x?)
System: RBE971 router plus 2x RBE970 satellites, both on wired backhaul, both showing Good. Firmware V12.1.10.12_5.3.16. IoT network enabled, 2.4 GHz only, WPA2-PSK. Main SSID is WPA2+WPA3. Probl...
krgoodwin
Aug 17, 2026Apprentice
A few days ago I instantiated an IoT network constrained to 2.4 GHz and of the three devices I changed to the IoT network, 2 connect to a satellite (RBE970) and 1 connects to the router (RBE971) - all seeing XXXXX-IoT SSID. Running V12.1.11.10 updated manually, first to the satellites and then to the router. No probs, works great. Suggest you update to the latest firmware V12.1.11.10