Shared SSID

RouterOS Wireless Networking
1

Hi

I have a HAP AC that is running with a shared SSID.

When I look in registrations I can see everything is using WLAN1 which is the 2.4GHz band and nothing is going onto the 5GHz.

If i rename the 5GHz band to a different SSID my devices can connect to it no problem, is there a reason everything seems to be going for the 2.4GHz band or somewhere I could look to try to figure out why ?

My config looks like this:

[admin@MikroTik] > interface wireless print 
Flags: X - disabled, R - running 
 0  R name="wlan1" mtu=1500 l2mtu=1600 mac-address=6C:3B:6B:1
      interface-type=Atheros AR9300 mode=ap-bridge ssid="proa
      frequency=auto band=2ghz-b/g/n channel-width=20/40mhz-C
      scan-list=default wireless-protocol=802.11 vlan-mode=no
      wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none wds-ignore-ss
      bridge-mode=enabled default-authentication=yes default-
      default-ap-tx-limit=0 default-client-tx-limit=0 hide-ss
      security-profile=proactive compression=no 

 1    name="wlan2" mtu=1500 l2mtu=1600 mac-address=6C:3B:6B:1
      interface-type=Atheros AR9888 mode=ap-bridge ssid="proa
      frequency=auto band=5ghz-a/n/ac channel-width=20/40mhz-
      scan-list=default wireless-protocol=802.11 vlan-mode=no
      wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none wds-ignore-ss
      bridge-mode=enabled default-authentication=no default-f
      default-ap-tx-limit=0 default-client-tx-limit=0 hide-ss
      security-profile=proactive compression=no 

 2    name="wlan3" mtu=1500 l2mtu=1600 mac-address=6E:3B:6B:1
      interface-type=virtual master-interface=wlan1 mode=ap-b
      ssid="hotspot" vlan-mode=no-tag vlan-id=1 wds-mode=disa
      wds-default-bridge=none wds-ignore-ssid=no bridge-mode=
      default-authentication=yes default-forwarding=yes defau
      default-client-tx-limit=0 hide-ssid=no security-profile

Thanks

2

Probably your devices are:

A. Set to “prefer 2.4 GHz” in the WiFi card settings or …
B. Windows … I assume that you use Windows … remeber settings for each SSID in the “Manage Wireless networks” module.
You need to reorder remembered networks to have settings for 5 GHz in the begginning to take over 2.4GHZ band reconnection when
Windows are serching networks to connect to.

3

Or make the PC “forget” the known networks, and then scan again.
Also Windows could be just preferring to use 2GHz for some reason

4

The question is: How to persuade Windows to choose 5GHz over 2.4 if SSIDs are the same ?

If now there are two networks with same SSID remembered then they should be reordered as two networks with same SSID suggest that one is for 5 and the second for 2.4 GHz. If there is only one then tweaking WiFi card settings is needed.

5

When you say reordered what do you mean ? the channel number or ?

Thanks for the replies !

6

Easily if the driver supports such setting.

7

On the toolbar just over SSIDs list you have “Move up” “Move down” buttons