Super excited my G54 will be here in a few days and had a setup question. I will be splitting my network into multiple SSDIs for some devices that will only connect to a 2.4Ghz SSID. but my question is all my other devices will connect to the 5Ghz high band. Is it possible to only broadcast the 2.4Ghz band and the 5Ghz high band. Either hide the 6ghz and 5Ghz low band or disable those two bands?
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I have a ton of IoT devices (probably 30+). None of them have issues with mesh/single ssid systems. Occasionally (rare anymore) you have to do a workaround to get them to connect but they will.
I simple turn off my router (and satellites) and turn on my phone hotspot with the same ssid/password as the router. then I go through setup on the device. Once its connected, turn off the hotspot and turn the router back on. Boom. The IoT device will connect. Like I said, its rare to have to do this anymore and it tends to be when I buy some cheap knockoff devices that it happens.
I’d try that method versus splitting the ssid. Get your devices able to all connect to a single ssid. that way any changes/upgrades in the future, they’ll all auto-connect. Plus the move in wifi is to single ssid functions and not separate so its better to move them over now when you have have a few versus a ton of them.
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Why?
The move to bandsteering and a single SSID is half the purpose of Wifi 7. Allowing devices to move between bands based on a single ssid as well as to use bandwidth from a less congested band is the whole point. If you remove that option, you might as well just stuck with a wifi 6/6e router.
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plemans wrote:
Why?
The move to bandsteering and a single SSID is half the purpose of Wifi 7. Allowing devices to move between bands based on a single ssid as well as to use bandwidth from a less congested band is the whole point. If you remove that option, you might as well just stuck with a wifi 6/6e router.
I don’t have any WiFi 7 devices currently. Also i have some smart devices that don’t not connect to a single SSID that has multiple bands. So I have to split it regardless. I also don’t have any WiFi 6e devices so I have no need for the 6Ghz band currently. I will only use the 2.4 GHz and the 5Ghz high band.
the reason for this purchase is future proofing for when I eventually have WiFi 7 devices.
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I have a ton of IoT devices (probably 30+). None of them have issues with mesh/single ssid systems. Occasionally (rare anymore) you have to do a workaround to get them to connect but they will.
I simple turn off my router (and satellites) and turn on my phone hotspot with the same ssid/password as the router. then I go through setup on the device. Once its connected, turn off the hotspot and turn the router back on. Boom. The IoT device will connect. Like I said, its rare to have to do this anymore and it tends to be when I buy some cheap knockoff devices that it happens.
I’d try that method versus splitting the ssid. Get your devices able to all connect to a single ssid. that way any changes/upgrades in the future, they’ll all auto-connect. Plus the move in wifi is to single ssid functions and not separate so its better to move them over now when you have have a few versus a ton of them.
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I switch routers/mesh systems close to every other month and haven’t had to manually reconnect any of my devices. They all auto-connect after change the new routers ssid. Its very convenient and easy once you have them on the same network with the same ssid.
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plemans wrote:
I have a ton of IoT devices (probably 30+). None of them have issues with mesh/single ssid systems. Occasionally (rare anymore) you have to do a workaround to get them to connect but they will.
I simple turn off my router (and satellites) and turn on my phone hotspot with the same ssid/password as the router. then I go through setup on the device. Once its connected, turn off the hotspot and turn the router back on. Boom. The IoT device will connect. Like I said, its rare to have to do this anymore and it tends to be when I buy some cheap knockoff devices that it happens.
I’d try that method versus splitting the ssid. Get your devices able to all connect to a single ssid. that way any changes/upgrades in the future, they’ll all auto-connect. Plus the move in wifi is to single ssid functions and not separate so its better to move them over now when you have have a few versus a ton of them.
Holy cow. Not sure why I didn’t think of that! Trying that now before the G54 arrives
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plemans wrote:
I have a ton of IoT devices (probably 30+). None of them have issues with mesh/single ssid systems. Occasionally (rare anymore) you have to do a workaround to get them to connect but they will.
I simple turn off my router (and satellites) and turn on my phone hotspot with the same ssid/password as the router. then I go through setup on the device. Once its connected, turn off the hotspot and turn the router back on. Boom. The IoT device will connect. Like I said, its rare to have to do this anymore and it tends to be when I buy some cheap knockoff devices that it happens.
I’d try that method versus splitting the ssid. Get your devices able to all connect to a single ssid. that way any changes/upgrades in the future, they’ll all auto-connect. Plus the move in wifi is to single ssid functions and not separate so it’s better to move them over now when you have have a few versus a ton of them.
You are an absolute genius. That worked!!! One SSID it is!
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Glad it worked. Once you have them all on one ssid, its so much easier to use and upgrade in the future.
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