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Imulji's avatar
Imulji
Guide
Mar 11, 2019

RBK23 and separating 2.4/5G

Hi there! I've tried to seperate the 2.4/5 GHz networks as has been posted via telnet but this doesn't seem to work with the RBK23. Thought I'd post on this specific equipment to see if anyone has ...
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ekhalil's avatar
ekhalil
Master
Mar 13, 2019

Strange that the same commands do not work for RBR20 routers. There must be different interface mapping in the RBR20/40 compared to the RBR50?

Please print the following two telnet commands and let's compare it with the output below from my RBR50.

 

root@RBR50:/# cat /tmp/netscan_if_conf

eth1 wired 1

ath0 2G 0

ath01 satellite 0

ath1 5G 0

ath2 satellite 0

ath02 2G-GUEST 0

ath11 5G-GUEST 0

eth0 wired 2

 

root@RBR50:/# cat /tmp/wifi_topology

NORMAL:AP:wifi0:ath0:@wifi-iface[0]:wl

BACKHAUL:AP:wifi0:ath01:@wifi-iface[1]:wlg_ap_bh

NORMAL:AP:wifi1:ath1:@wifi-iface[2]:wla

GUEST:AP:wifi0:ath02:@wifi-iface[3]:wlg1

GUEST:AP:wifi1:ath11:@wifi-iface[4]:wla1

BACKHAUL:AP:wifi2:ath2:@wifi-iface[5]:wla_2nd_ap_bh

root@RBR50:/#

  • Imulji's avatar
    Imulji
    Guide
    Mar 13, 2019

    Thank you!

     

    Here we go just to show that changing the SSID sticks via Telnet:

    root@RBR20:/#
    root@RBR20:/# config get wl_ssid
    M NETWORK
    root@RBR20:/#
    root@RBR20:/# config get wla_ssid
    M NETWORK
    root@RBR20:/#
    root@RBR20:/# config set wla_ssid="M NETWORK 5"
    root@RBR20:/#
    root@RBR20:/# config commit
    root@RBR20:/#
    root@RBR20:/# config get wla_ssid
    M NETWORK 5
    root@RBR20:/#
    root@RBR20:/# config get wl_ssid
    M  NETWORK

    oot@RBR20:/#
    root@RBR20:/# reboot
    root@RBR20:/#
    root@RBR20:/#

    Connection to host lost.

     

    SO based on this it has been changed.  

     

    Here we go:

    root@RBR20:/# cat /tmp/netscan_if_conf
    eth1 wired 1
    ath0 2G 0
    ath01 satellite 0
    ath2 5G 0
    ath11 satellite 0
    ath02 2G-GUEST 0
    ath21 5G-GUEST 0
    eth0 wired 2
    ath1 5G 0
    ath12 5G-GUEST 0


    root@RBR20:/# cat /tmp/wifi_topology
    NORMAL:AP:wifi0:ath0:@wifi-iface[0]:wl
    BACKHAUL:AP:wifi0:ath01:@wifi-iface[1]:wlg_ap_bh
    NORMAL:AP:wifi1:ath1:@wifi-iface[2]:wla
    BACKHAUL:AP:wifi1:ath11:@wifi-iface[3]:wla_ap_bh
    GUEST:AP:wifi0:ath02:@wifi-iface[4]:wlg1
    GUEST:AP:wifi1:ath12:@wifi-iface[5]:wla1
    NORMAL:AP:wifi2:ath2:@wifi-iface[6]:wla_2nd
    GUEST:AP:wifi2:ath21:@wifi-iface[7]:wla1_2nd

     

    I should say I HAVE NO IDEA what any of that means!

     

    THanks again ekhalil 

     

    • Imulji's avatar
      Imulji
      Guide
      Mar 13, 2019

      I should also say, that even though i do the config set and config commit and run the config get to confirm the change in SSID name, after I reboot and run the config get, it reverts back to the original SSID.  

       

      It seems like the RBK23 somehow doesn't save the new SSID name?

      • ekhalil's avatar
        ekhalil
        Master
        Mar 13, 2019

        Thanks for the information.

        It seems that RBR20 is using an extra network called wla_2nd.

        Can you please print all SSID's using the following command:

        • nvram show | grep ssid