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iPad Pro iPad Pro M5 WiFi

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GrandCiel

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How should I set up wireless?

I just set up my iPad Pro M5 13" and have a question on selecting an SSID. My Router is an ASUS ROG Rapture GT-BE98 Pro. It supports "WiFi 7 (IEEE 802.11be) packs all the benefits of WiFi 6/6E and expands several existing WiFi standards to a whole new level, such as 320 MHz bandwidth". (I know the iPad Pro will not support 320 MHz.)

I thought my main SSID would automatically select the best option based on how I thought I understood how the GT-BE98 Pro router works but my available networks also include options on my iPad to select xxx_6G-1 and xxx_6G-2. I'm currently connected to xxx.

Thanks.

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iOS when seeing you have multiple SSIDs seemingly on the same network, it warns you to use just one, because some Apple specific functions, namely AirPlay, rely on every local network device to be able to see each other to work best, where they are expected to also be using the same SSID, so not split into multiple, regardless how you config your network that they do each other in the VLAN / subnet context.

Normally when faced with that warning, just choose your main SSID, however if your WiFi setup is a MESH network, where some band(s) are used as dedicated wireless backhaul channel(s), iOS sees them also, but it is confused that these may also be main networks that you want to join. Those SSIDs with long suffix are likely ASUS backhaul channels that you are *not* supposed to put any client device in, as they are, well obviously, reserved for meshing between the mesh nodes.

Now depending on how iOS specifically behaved in your scenario, it may show that warning and you have to make sure you choose the correct SSID, your actual main one(s).
 
Chancha said:
iOS when seeing you have multiple SSIDs seemingly on the same network, it warns you to use just one, because some Apple specific functions, namely AirPlay, rely on every local network device to be able to see each other to work best, where they are expected to also be using the same SSID, so not split into multiple, regardless how you config your network that they do each other in the VLAN / subnet context.

Normally when faced with that warning, just choose your main SSID, however if your WiFi setup is a MESH network, where some band(s) are used as dedicated wireless backhaul channel(s), iOS sees them also, but it is confused that these may also be main networks that you want to join. Those SSIDs with long suffix are likely ASUS backhaul channels that you are *not* supposed to put any client device in, as they are, well obviously, reserved for meshing between the mesh nodes.

Now depending on how iOS specifically behaved in your scenario, it may show that warning and you have to make sure you choose the correct SSID, your actual main one(s).
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I do have an ASUS ZenWiFi BD5 Outdoor “Router” configured in AiMesh mode but the backhaul is hard wired. I can connect each of the visible SSID's and from my Router's admin I can see the xxx SSID is connected at 5GHz and both the xxx_6G-1 and xxx_6G-2 SSID's connect at 6GHz. When down at the lake it would be nice to connect at 2.4GHz via the BD5.

Thank you.

 
I just kept it default everything with a stock AT&T router and currently getting these speeds on 2gb fiber:
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To be honest having problems with fiber recently and the modem going out, i just defaulted the settings and will keep it as is for time being. The device will try to connect to the best setting and piggy back off the other bands with a mesh network as long as the name is the same.

I personally would kept g1 and g2 the same name for that reason.
 
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Apleeseed84 said:
I just kept it default everything with a stock AT&T router and currently getting these speeds on 2gb fiber:
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To be honest having problems with fiber recently and the modem going out, i just defaulted the settings and will keep it as is for time being. The device will try to connect to the best setting and piggy back off the other bands with a mesh network as long as the name is the same.

I personally would kept g1 and g2 the same name for that reason.
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Dang! I wish I had those WiFi speeds. Not that I’m hurting, I have a gig plan and usually see 600-700 down, but still. That upload speed is while compared to my 100Mbps.
 
vanilla_prison said:
Dang! I wish I had those WiFi speeds. Not that I’m hurting, I have a gig plan and usually see 600-700 down, but still. That upload speed is while compared to my 100Mbps.
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It’s good to finally see speeds higher than 600gb, if you switch to a WiFi 7 router you should max out your iPad pro’s upload and download speed!

I just got it today and can already tell the difference from my m4 easily!
 
My iPad mini 7 and now my M5 iPad pro give the message of limited connectivity on the 6ghz channel. It says something like the 5ghz and 6ghz channels should have the same name, which I think is dumb. I don't want it connecting to 5ghz. My Quest 3 is perfectly happy on the 6ghz channel.
 
SiXiam said:
My iPad mini 7 and now my M5 iPad pro give the message of limited connectivity on the 6ghz channel. It says something like the 5ghz and 6ghz channels should have the same name, which I think is dumb. I don't want it connecting to 5ghz. My Quest 3 is perfectly happy on the 6ghz channel.
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You should be fine as long as you keep all Apple devices on the same 5GHz. That message was supposed to warn against cases where Apple devices are split into multiple SSIDs, then AirPlay and some other stuff that rely on discovery / casting may not work correctly.
 
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