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DForeman
Joining in
3 months ago

Devices not connecting to WiFi Pod

Hi,  My devices don't seem to be using the WiFi Pod to connect to a better signal and instead connect to the Hub which is further away and not giving as good a signal. I've attached an image showin...
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    Client62
    3 months ago

    VM Hubs and VM Pods use a common SSID - this means whatever your device chooses can not be overridden.

    The only solution is to return the VM Pod and replace it with a retail Wi-Fi Repeater that can easily be configured to repeat the Wi-Fi signal on a different SSID. 

    E.g From the VM Hub SSID : VM1234567 and from the Repeater SSID: VM1234567_EXT1
    now it would be possible to select either VM1234567  or VM1234567_EXT1  from the devices Wi-Fi menu.

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Client62
Alessandro Volta
3 months ago

VM Hubs and VM Pods use a common SSID - this means whatever your device chooses can not be overridden.

The only solution is to return the VM Pod and replace it with a retail Wi-Fi Repeater that can easily be configured to repeat the Wi-Fi signal on a different SSID. 

E.g From the VM Hub SSID : VM1234567 and from the Repeater SSID: VM1234567_EXT1
now it would be possible to select either VM1234567  or VM1234567_EXT1  from the devices Wi-Fi menu.

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    DForeman
    Joining in
    3 months ago

    Hi @Client62,

    Thanks for your advice.

    Do you have any recommendations for a WiFi repeater?

    Is it work getting something like a tp link ac1900?