Wireless settings

[Robert McBroom]

My ISP is telling me to set both radios in their router to the same SSID 
and password for the best coverage. Does this setup make any sense?

[Terry Polzin]

That's what I've done for the password, for the SSID I put a 5g in it so I
know the two apart.

On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 4:03 PM Robert McBroom via users <
[e-mail]> wrote:
> My ISP is telling me to set both radios in their router to the same SSID
> and password for the best coverage. Does this setup make any sense?
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[Ed Greshko]

On 09/04/2021 04:02, Robert McBroom via users wrote:
> My ISP is telling me to set both radios in their router to the same SSID and password for the best coverage. Does this setup make any sense?

Yes, depending on your physical setup.

The 2.4 band, while slower, penetrates obstacles better.  So if your device supports both 2.4 and 5.0 it should
seamlessly switch between those bands depending on conditions it senses.

I have my wifi router set that way.  When in our home, the top floor of a "condo" building, my phone
connects and stays on the 5.0 band.  If I move out into the hallway and/or the roof it switches to
the 2.4 band.

[Samuel Sieb]

On 4/8/21 1:02 PM, Robert McBroom via users wrote:
> My ISP is telling me to set both radios in their router to the same SSID 
> and password for the best coverage. Does this setup make any sense?

Yes.  Most devices I've seen that support 5GHz will automatically pick 
that if both SSIDs are the same.  And they can also automatically switch 
back to 2.4GHz if necessary.