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Change wirless ssid name
I have a nighthawk R7800 dual band router. It was setup with only one SSID name so the 2.4 and 5.o ghz was not differentiated in the network name. Now I need to sometimes only access the 2.4 GHZ with my cell phone that works on both 2.4 and 5.0. How do I change the wireless network name to have it showing two seperate SSID's one for 2.4 and one for 5.0 GHZ ?
Thank You
In version 1.0.2.52 of the firmware, smart connect was added to the R7800. Maybe the "applies to" didn't get updated. but if you're on that version or newer, you should have smart connect.
The same article walks through disabling it.
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You can disable smart connect through the browser.
Thank you but this article does not appear to apply to the R7800 router, (at least its not listed as one of the routers the article applies to) I have a dual band not a tri band router. Right now there only 1 wireless network name for the 2.4 and 5.0 ghz bands. I want to go back to 2 seperate wireless network names - one for 2.4 and one for 5.0.
In version 1.0.2.52 of the firmware, smart connect was added to the R7800. Maybe the "applies to" didn't get updated. but if you're on that version or newer, you should have smart connect.
The same article walks through disabling it.