Merlin firmware allows the wireless radio SSID to share the same names causing random wireless disconnects...

[jobby99]

Just an FYI. I was having bad disconnects for like two weeks. Then, I found out that the radios were both called the same name (by accident). I fixed the problem eventually. I am just mad that the firmware would actually let me do something so stupid. It would appear that it just updates some text file that gets executed somewhere else and things go really bad. The CPU will spike and random disconnects all around the wireless network. Firmware didn't make any difference for this problem, but would be nice to maybe check each radio for SSID duplicates before writing settings to file.

 

[Ripshod]

This "stupidity" is actually the way a 2.4/5/6 GHz network should run, and is totally fine for a lot of people and their devices. Of course, if you have devices that misbehave the networks can be split.
FYI, most members here already know this.

 

[OzarkEdge]

Just an FYI. I was having bad disconnects for like two weeks. Then, I found out that the radios were both called the same name (by accident). I fixed the problem eventually. I am just mad that the firmware would actually let me do something so stupid. It would appear that it just updates some text file that gets executed somewhere else and things go really bad. The CPU will spike and random disconnects all around the wireless network. Firmware didn't make any difference for this problem, but would be nice to maybe check each radio for SSID duplicates before writing settings to file.

I believe Smart Connect band steering functionality is a part of the WiFi chipset/radio(s). The router firmware default setting is to enable SC to use the same SSID for multiple WLANs. Disable SC if you want to define different SSIDs.

[Wireless Router] How to configure the Smart Connect in ASUS Router? | Official Support | ASUS USA

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