Two possible bugs?
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Mesh point broadcasts a SSID as XXXXXX-5G on a 2G channel. I have multiple SSIDS enabled. AMPLIFI HD is configured in bridge mode. Confirmed 2G channel with Wifiman and Apple MBPro scan mode.
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SmartThings 2018 hub will not stay connected while attached to MeshPoint, but no issues when connected to base HD.
Ideas?
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@james-harris Thank you for sharing your findings! I will report these to the development team and attempt to replicate.
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@UBNT-Brett - Thanks. Let me know if you need any further information.
For 1) I originally purchased HD Router with Teleport Kit, so no Mesh Points. Recently I added a mesh point (to extend 2.4 GHZ to the shed out back for Ring Floodlight). This is when I first noticed the XXXXXXX-5G SSID when attempting to connect Ring FL to my WiFi. Ring Floodlight does not support 5GHZ channel so I thought it was weird, but ignored it until recently. When running WiFiman, I definitely see the XXXXX-2G and XXXXXX-5G on the same channel of the 2.4 spectrum (Ch 11 in my case). The HD Router is only broadcasting 1 SSID on Ch 1.
- Mainly noticed when the Hub was moved to Master Bedroom to be closer to the shed in order to use Z-Wave for the door lock. I would receive disconnects via email from Samsung Cloud. There would be periods of >3 days before the Samsung Hub would rejoin the Wifi network. After several reboots/factory resets of the Samsung device, I decided to move it in the Office for testing. The HD Router is literally 1 foot away from the Hub and had zero disconnects. I just recently moved the Samsung Hub into the living room (between the HD Router and Mesh Point) and have had a couple of disconnects. I would reboot the Mesh Point to force the Samsung Hub to join the HD RTR broadcast since I can't steer device to join the preferred device.
Attached is the screen shots of AmpliFi setup. I can send support file if requested. I can send WiFiman results when I return home.
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WIFIMAN results. You can see under 5G channel, that a Ch 11 is listed along with Ch 48. What sucks about it is that i think my devices are connected to the 5G channel, but really is 2G.
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Looks to be resolved: Issue was Mesh Point was not "meshed" to HD router, but was added as an external mesh point (e.g. connected to a third party router). Factory reset the mesh point and adopted mesh point in the HD router. No longer see additional 2.4 broadcast listed as XXXX-5G network; still don't see why it would do such a thing regardless how mesh point was connected.
SmartThings Hub issue may be resolved now that it's connected via a true mesh. I'll continue to monitor.