Dual-band SSID Best Practices?

[lleachii]

Good question!

@prwood

Set a different SSID for each band, and configure the client OS to connect to exactly one of them.

Yes, this is what I suggest. I use the following scheme:

• SSIDfoo_2.4
• SSIDfoo_5.4

@prwood

Set a different SSID for each band, but configure the client OS with both of them in order of preference (if the OS allows it).

If a device is capable of 5.4 GHz, I only configure it for 5.4. In most cases, 5.4 will be less congested and have higher bandwidth.

@prwood

Set both SSIDs to the same value, and have clients connect to that SSID, leaving the choice to the client OS.

This doesn't work on some OSes. It will see 2 BSSIDs (MAC address of the APs) and randomly select.