Broadcasting hidden networks on 5 ghz and 6 ghz

Question

Was any answer ever given on this?&nbsp; I have the same thing on my rs500

coolwifi · Answer

My RS500 router broadcasts the 2 hidden SSID's too. Looks they are backhaul mesh SSID's as per the settings in the debug page, but not yet implemented.

coolwifi · Answer

I have set the 5 Ghz channel to 44 and maximum speed up to 5.8 Gbps, but it keeps falling to the 80 MHz bandwidth after sometime and doesn't seem to revert back to the 160 MHz bandwidth. Shouldn't the router fall back to 160 MHz bandwidth if any detected interference in the DFS spectrum is no longer there?

Is there any way to disable the hidden SSID's broadcasted in the 5 and 6 Ghz bands in the router which is supposed to be part of mesh backhaul as per the debug page? They add to some channel utilization in both the bands which doesn't serve any purpose in a non mesh router.

FURRYe38 · Answer

Where are you seeing this hidden SSID broadcast?&nbsp;
MESH isn't supported on RS Routers.&nbsp;

coolwifi · Answer

Thank you. I am seeing the hidden SSID's as the mac ID's in the Wifiman and Wifianalyzer apps. There's a backhaul mesh SSID in the debug page under the onboarding settings. See screenshot below.

FURRYe38 · Answer

I'll see if we can get some info from NG on this.&nbsp;

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Broadcasting hidden networks on 5 ghz and 6 ghz

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