NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Nighthawk RAX series
I'm interested in the Nighthawk series, specifically the AX12, 12-Stream AX6000 (RAX 120) or AX8, 8-Stream AX 6000 (RAX 80). I note that both have "simultaneous dual band 2.4 and 5GHz" capability...
Change your IT Pro.
What kind of printers do you have?
Wireless must serve mobile devices roaming around your house, walking in and out to/from your garden, ...having the ability to have VoIP calls while doing so, to listen music, without interruption or without a manual change of the wireless network.
A single SSID does connect from the same device to the very same single network. One network == one SSID.
There might be older printers in the field (similar newer IoT stuff) where the installation software does request silly network changes e.g. to discover a 2.4GHz-only wireless device they think (some enforce!) that the mobile device must be connected to the network on 2.4 GHz. Complete garbage!
The risk that older wireless clients are struggling over additional bits in the Wi-Fi 6 or beacons (e.g. for radio resource management informing about other radio MAC which allow to connect to the same network) is much bigger than having an issue with a printer.
In the year 2020 there are zero reasons not to use a single SSID on routers, additional wireless access points, wireless extenders, wireless bridges, whatever - for everything that does connect to your single network.