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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => Routers / COVR => DIR-825 => Topic started by: skootles on June 06, 2010, 03:02:27 PM
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I'll admit I didn't do my homework well enough before I bought my DIR-825 this afternoon, because I thought there would be an option to just broadcast as one network as opposed to two.
In any case, I ended up naming my networks the same. Is there any problem with this? I know right now that I'm connected to the 5GHz band because of the channel I'm on, but I'm just curious if this will cause any problems with connections.
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I assume you are talking about setting the Service Set Identifier or SSID on the 2.4 and 5 Ghz band. I don't believe there is a problem with naming them both the same. Any computer connecting is still going to the same router and using the same IP scheme that your router is setup for.
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You can broadcast just one of the networks. Use Setup:Wireless Settings:Manual Wireless Network Setup. Then uncheck the box "Enable Wireless" for the wireless band you want to disable.
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Unless you have a dual band adapter, a 2.4 GHz adapter won't be able to see the 5GHZ transmissions anyway.
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Some other routers will let you do this. One major problem is that you are not sure which wifi network radio you are using, when using a dual-band adapter.
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actually, you could set different passwords in the 2.4 and 5 Ghz settings. That way you would know which one you are connecting to.
Also, once connected, you can look at the router and see who is connected to which radio.
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You sure can use the same SSID, however you are better off using different names so you can identify which one is which if you have say a laptop that can revieve either band.
It's your call but you don't need to disable any radio.
-Joe