Newbie guide to wifi configurations

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BananaMan95
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 15, 2021 11:48    Post subject: Newbie guide to wifi configurations Reply with quote
Hi guys I’m new to all this dd-wrt thing
I mainly installed it looking for vpn configurations over my router
I have wrt32x
Non the less i faced another issue with my wifi band configurations I’ve been looking all over this forum looking for a solution and non of them worked.
Basically I’m looking for a setting that gives me only one ssid network i don't like to have 2 networks one of them is 5 GHz and the other 2.4 GHz.
Like the stock firmware, it had the option to combine the two.
I know it's not the best option as I understand but this is the most convenient for me.
I tried to put all the bands under the same said which was mentioned in the forum as not the best solution, and indeed it wasn't the best devices were being confused between the bands I end up with no internet.
Currently, I have 3 bands options which are
1- wln0 5 GHz
2- wln1 2.4 GHz
3- wln2 2.4/5 GHz and I guess this is the one I want but I can't disable the other two.
So can someone explain to me how to get it right in a basic steps kind of way?

Forgive me for my bad English it's not my mother language.

Thank you guys
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ho1Aetoo
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 15, 2021 12:00    Post subject: Reply with quote
WLAN2 should be deactivated, the radio is intended to detect radar signals and not to use it as a WLAN AP.
The radio is also not connected to the external antennas.

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I’m looking for a setting that gives me only one ssid network i don't like to have 2 networks one of them is 5 GHz and the other 2.4 GHz.


use the same SSID for WLAN0 and WLAN1

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Like the stock firmware, it had the option to combine the two.


use the same SSID for WLAN0 and WLAN1
this is how it works and not otherwise

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I tried to put all the bands under the same said which was mentioned in the forum as not the best solution, and indeed it wasn't the best devices were being confused between the bands


well that's just bad luck and that's what happens when you use the same SSID for multiple APs and leave the choice to the clients
kernel-panic69
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Location: Texas, USA

PostPosted: Mon Nov 15, 2021 13:57    Post subject: Reply with quote
https://forum.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=311117

https://forum.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=315569

There is no 100% de-facto wifi settings guide for Marvell. People adopt whatever they think works, not what works with the driver.

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