Split and rename SSID’s
Good day.
I am a newbie to Virgin Media and I want to be able to split the SSID name between the different signals so the I can name them -2g and -5g. I would appreciate any help.
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You do this in the VM Hub menu at http://192.168.0.1/
Disable "Smart Wi-Fi" aka "Wireless Channel Optimisation" as the first step.
Then change the name of the 5GHz SSID adding -5g
followed by changing the 2.4GHz SSID adding -2g
You can have the same or different passwords for a split SSID.
You might consider using -2.4GHz & -5GHz for the Wi-Fi as
2g & 5g are the names of two current GSM mobile bands.
If used, uninstall the VM Connect app as it will even in the background constantly try to re-merge the SSIDs and keep trying to re-enable Smart Wi-Fi.As above, but I would suggest not using a period in any Wifi SSID, a dash is less likely to have issues with some OS's.
• Access your Hub by navigating to 192.168.0.1
• Login with the default login info (on base of Hub) unless you've already updated it.
• Go to Advanced Settings > Wireless > Security
• Disable the Smart Optimisation on the wifi bands.
• Under Wireless Frequency 2.4GHz change the Wifi Network Name (SSID), suggest append _2 to the end.
• Repeat for the Wireless Frequency 5GHz, suggest append _5 to the end and click on Apply changes
• Try to avoid spaces and periods in the SSID names as they can cause issues with certain devices.
