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msbarnett on July 12, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Rapid DHCP: Or, how do Macs get on the network so ...

The only time Ive ever had issues with OS X connecting to wifi was while using a cheapo router that insisted on advertising its 2.4GHz and 5GHz networks using the same SSID.

Moving to a router that allowed them to be configured with different SSIDs resolved all my issues.

shinratdr on July 12, 2011 | [–]

> The only time Ive ever had issues with OS X connecting to wifi was while using a cheapo router that insisted on advertising its 2.4GHz and 5GHz networks using the same SSID.

That is the default behaviour for an Airport Extreme.

jrockway on July 12, 2011 | [–]

There are cheapo routers that do 5GHz?

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