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Why is my smartconnect very stupid?
I chose the smart connect as recommended then set up 5 devices then I went to devices on the the Netgear nighthawk app and 4 of the five devices were connected to 5GHZ-2 and the one i especially wan...
stringhacker wrote:
Is setting up manually as easy as changing the passwords and ssid’s
On the different bands?? Thanks again for replying and all the great info!!Yes, that is all you need to do on the router, then on the devices, pick the SSID you want it to connect to. You only really need to uncheck SMART CONNECT and change the SSID for 5Ghz-1 or 5Ghz-2 ones, no need to change both. Both can have the same password.
Thank you for the reply, very intresting... I’m not very tech savvy,
(The stringhacker screen name is from attempting to play guitar!)
I actually think the R8000p is smartening up??? When I first connected everything, it all showed up on 5G-2 except my wife’s I-pad
Which was on 2.4G??? But now it seems to be evening out somewhat..
If I could ask one more,,
Is setting up manually as easy as changing the passwords and ssid’s
On the different bands?? Thanks again for replying and all the great info!!
(The stringhacker screen name is from attempting to play guitar!)
I actually think the R8000p is smartening up??? When I first connected everything, it all showed up on 5G-2 except my wife’s I-pad
Which was on 2.4G??? But now it seems to be evening out somewhat..
If I could ask one more,,
Is setting up manually as easy as changing the passwords and ssid’s
On the different bands?? Thanks again for replying and all the great info!!
stringhacker wrote:
Is setting up manually as easy as changing the passwords and ssid’s
On the different bands?? Thanks again for replying and all the great info!!
Yes, that is all you need to do on the router, then on the devices, pick the SSID you want it to connect to. You only really need to uncheck SMART CONNECT and change the SSID for 5Ghz-1 or 5Ghz-2 ones, no need to change both. Both can have the same password.
- You sir,, Rock!!! Thank you!!