AirPort Extreme Setup

[tekilla]

Hi all,

Just got my Extreme and had a couple of questions for those experienced users;

1. 5Ghz Network - do you enabled 5Ghz but then mark it as 'hidden' to help prevent 2 SSID's being broadcast? If it's hidden, is it still enabled and doing what it's supposed to?

2. Guest Networking - Is it worth switching on? We live in a small-ish place with not many visitors, so chances of it being used are slim, but thought maybe turn it on just on the off chance

Thanks in advance

 

[tann]

Hi all,

Just got my Extreme and had a couple of questions for those experienced users;

1. 5Ghz Network - do you enabled 5Ghz but then mark it as 'hidden' to help prevent 2 SSID's being broadcast? If it's hidden, is it still enabled and doing what it's supposed to?

2. Guest Networking - Is it worth switching on? We live in a small-ish place with not many visitors, so chances of it being used are slim, but thought maybe turn it on just on the off chance

Thanks in advance

In reply to #2 you could always just leave it off and then if someone comes around just switch it on, just takes the tick of a box and a restart of the extreme

 

[drsox]

I always have my SSIDs as hidden. Just force of habit. I also have weird characters in the SSID.

IMO leave Guest network OFF unless actually needed.

 

[tekilla]

Great, thanks.

So the 5Ghz, enable it, but don't broadcast the SSID?
I can't see the option to hide/not broadcast an SSID like I could on my old Netgear.

 

[drsox]

Great, thanks.

So the 5Ghz, enable it, but don't broadcast the SSID?
I can't see the option to hide/not broadcast an SSID like I could on my old Netgear.

Somewhere on the Airport settings, there is a Hide Network setting. Look in Advanced WiFi or Network.