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jim4824
Aspirant
Jan 25, 2021
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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...
  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Jan 25, 2021

    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.