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Would like to buy Nighthawk Mesh WiFi 6 system but I'm afraid it will not fit my needs. My new DVR TiVo Bold+ can connect via either 2.4 or 5.0. Of course, download speed is far better at 5 Ghz. U...
michaelKennard, SuperUser & Guru wrote:
>This is an old old story, and an ancient "idea", covered many many times in the main community. In 99 percent of cases, there is >no need for separate SSIDs.
>This is not the place to go into why this is a misguided suggestion. (I leave it to anyone really interested to find the long and >detailed discussions in the main community.) Essentially, it boils down to poorly designed installation procedures for many IoT >devices.
Just wanted to remind the honorable SuperUser and Guru that one reputable company recently decided to respect the "old old story, and an ancient idea" about separate SSID. Just go to the link:
https://www.asus.com/Networking-IoT-Servers/Whole-Home-Mesh-WiFi-System/ZenWiFi-WiFi-Systems/ASUS-ZenWiFi-AX-XT8-/
and search for the term "name" because Asus decided not to scare away ingenuous customers by incomprehensible abbreviation and just allows to assign separate name to each of available bands.