I have a Sagecom HomeHub 2000 provided by my ISP. I have set it up so that the 2.4 and 5 GHz wifi have the identical SSID. That works well. In order to reach the back of the house, I bought a Ubiquiti LR Access Point, and originally set that up on its own SSID. I did the same thing, 2.4 and 5 using the same SSID (but not the same one as the Sagecom). That also worked well. I had coverage everywhere in the house, and devices would connect to either. I used the same security and passcode for both networks, and all IPs were assigned by the DHCP server running on the Sagecom (no DHCP on Ubiquiti). My son asked me why we needed 2 distinct SSIDs, and why not just rename one of the two so that both were identical. Originally I had set it up with two just to make sure wireless devices were connecting correctly, it was much easier to track what was connecting to which one if they had unique names. But I thought I might as well give it a try.
I used the Unfi controller software to rename the Ubiquiti Access Point's SSID so that it was identcal to the Sagecom's SSID. Problems started almost immediately. On mobile devices, it would find the one SSID but then I could see the connection drop and the SSID was no longer in the list. Normally I can see at least 20 different SSIDs from my neighbour's houses, but they were all gone from the list of nearby networks on my iPhone. I then checked with my son's iPhone, same thing. We chose "Forget this Network", and then put in the password again. It connected, but then within a minute it dropped the connection and once again, all other SSIDs could not be found. The little wait hourglass on his iPhone just spun around and around, looking for networks. So I put everything back the way it was, and normalcy returned to my home network. My devices could connect to either SSID, and there were no further network drops nor disappearing SSID lists.
I don't understand why this occurred. When I had originally set up the Ubiquiti Access Point, I used an Android app to detect what channels were already in use, and then set my Sagecom to use Channel 1, and the Ubiquiti AP to use channel 11. There was no overlap at all. So why would changing the SSID make the network act like there was some massive conflict?
I used the Unfi controller software to rename the Ubiquiti Access Point's SSID so that it was identcal to the Sagecom's SSID. Problems started almost immediately. On mobile devices, it would find the one SSID but then I could see the connection drop and the SSID was no longer in the list. Normally I can see at least 20 different SSIDs from my neighbour's houses, but they were all gone from the list of nearby networks on my iPhone. I then checked with my son's iPhone, same thing. We chose "Forget this Network", and then put in the password again. It connected, but then within a minute it dropped the connection and once again, all other SSIDs could not be found. The little wait hourglass on his iPhone just spun around and around, looking for networks. So I put everything back the way it was, and normalcy returned to my home network. My devices could connect to either SSID, and there were no further network drops nor disappearing SSID lists.
I don't understand why this occurred. When I had originally set up the Ubiquiti Access Point, I used an Android app to detect what channels were already in use, and then set my Sagecom to use Channel 1, and the Ubiquiti AP to use channel 11. There was no overlap at all. So why would changing the SSID make the network act like there was some massive conflict?
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