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Please add in a feature to disable SSID broadcast on the Orbi Tri-band RBR850. The stated reason of "you don't need it" is clearly contradicted by the number of people who have been asking for it, a...
Just bought this today and was surprised to see that I am unable to disable the SSID broadcast like I was able to on my R6300. I was only upgrading to have stronger connectivity on far side of my house and went with NG because current router has been reliable and I expected the same reliability and functionality with the new mesh. This setting is gone on the RBR850 despite it being displayed on the advanced dashboard as Broadcast Name and showing as On. Why take away functionality and display this if its not a setting that can be changed?
I have over 50 smart devices that have never had issue connecting to the hidden SSID on my R6300. Personally I dont like the idea of my SSID coming up on my neighbors devices when they are connecting to WiFi in the area and I also dont like scrolling through a list of broadcasting SSID when I am doing the same. Please bring this back!