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Thank you for your informed comments, that's what I was looking for. I had main/node same settings for channel and bandwidth and do also for AP mode. I don't use "Smart Connect" and have separate SSIDs for 2.4GHz and 5GHz. Most of my clients are on 5GHz and I've read that WiFi Agile Multiband...

...range, 2.4, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz. AiMesh also establishes self healing properties IF not set to Ethernet Backhaul Mode. This separates a hidden SSID_dwb along with its bandwitdh, to immediately take up the connection say if ethernet cable is unplugged/cut. Access Point mode doesn't allow you...

Figured that, just saw the Name display [Hidden SSID] MAC still there. Think it might be a neighbors, nothing new has been added or plugged in here lately. Reject MAC in the Guest 2 network seems to be holding it back now for 1 hours. It will show up now...

This is a cosmetic setting... nothing is really hidden and clients can still connect to so-called hidden SSIDs. OE

Same problem here with RT-AC86U (and nodes), described on a different thread on this forum. One of the guru-types responded with a half-dozen threads describing similar problems with the guest network feature. I eventually read most of it until my eyes crossed. The distillation of what I...

...doorbell lost it's connection to it's hub. This isn't even part of 'my' network - the hub connects to my WiFi and also puts up it's own hidden SSID which the doorbell connects to. That hidden network was somehow disrupted as well. There was so much chaos I just gave up and switched the guest...

I had the same issue. it appears that the remote nodes aren't connecting to hidden ssids like they used to after a firmware update. there have been a few since i noticed, so... not sure which one broke it. As a fix I set the 5-2 interface to hide ssid - no to keep slower radios from...

It is impossible to hide your SSID actually. Hiding SSID is nothing. We can find hidden SSID so easily. Don't trust WiFi. WiFi is not secure even if you use encrypted long password. "Use long password for WiFi", "Use the encryption for WiFi". It doesn't mean it's safe. It only means consumers...

Sorry, hidden SSID's, not channels.

Do whatever you want. You can always undo it if you don't like it. OE

If I use a AC68U as the AIMesh node with a tri-band AC5300 as the main router (I connect them via ethernet) - it converts the AC5300 to dual mode. I don't see any use of the second 5HGz-2 band on the AC5300. Is it OK to switch off the 5GHz-2 radio of just leave it as a hidden SSID?

A 2xRT-AC86U wired or wireless AiMesh and 300/10 ISP speeds should do it... you can always upgrade to a higher ISP service tier later. The second 86U is a good match and hardware backup for the main router. The 68U does not support Smart Connect node band steering, so use separate SSIDs per...

...*and* I cannot actually fully turn off the radios on the Comcast gateway--Ugh. Crazy. Put in Bridge mode and still broadcasts with hidden SSID. Bad for the airways. Need good Asus so I can control DNS (OpenDNS) and access with teenagers and VPN etc etc. Your prior posts also talk about...

Ok i gonna test and tell you But I never had any problem with hidden wifi (since 1 year). Btw, my 2,4Ghz wifi is also hidden

Unhide the ssid The devices are losing it Apple does not like hidden ssid in particular https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202068

...with the issue. I went ahead and set the channel to 161 so let's hope for the best...lol Do you see any settings I should change to increase performance/reliability? I only have a few devices, maybe 4, connected to 5GHz so that's why some of my settings are what they are (hidden ssid, etc)

A hidden ssid is only hidden until a wireless device connects to it. Hidden ssid makes an evil twin easy as pie. Mac filters are like locks on doors ... they only stop the honest guys :)

...downstairs. Currently my setup is using WDS hybrid on the 5Ghz channels to connect the two APs. I set them up as open security with hidden SSID and MAC filtering to ensure that they connect only to each other. I then setup the 2Ghz channels as the same SSID on opposite sides of the...