MAX Transit Cat-18 Band Steering from 2.4Ghz to 5Ghz

Product Discussion Pepwave MAX
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Hello,

I am reading in several post that it should be possible to force clients towards the 5GHz when connecting to the AP.
I was reading the pepwave-max-user-manual-8.1.0.pdf and I could not find any hint about this?
How is it configured?
Can I assign the same SSID to both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz 2.4Ghz to 5Ghz and have the client automatically connect to the 5GHz version or do I need 2 separate SSIDs?

A screenshot of the steering configuration would be great

Thanks!

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Here you go…it’s in the SSID configuration.

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The way it works is… when a Client tries to associate to 2.4 it’s denied… then the Client tries to associate via 5 and is allowed, as you will find out, denying clients isn’t always the most reliable mechanism for moving them to 5ghz… that’s why it’s called steering and not locking :wink: lol.

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Thanks! That was really nicely hidden under Help :slight_smile:

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----Correction ----
My bad, I have found the right place
http://maxdemo.peplink.com/cgi-bin/MANGA/index.cgi?mode=config&option=extapnetwork
---- End correction
Out of curiosity, what firmware version are you upgraded to?
I am looking at the live demo http://maxdemo.peplink.com/cgi-bin/MANGA/index.cgi?mode=config&option=extapconfig that runs 8.0.1 build 4368 and the Band Steering is not available

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Sounds like you figured it out, but I’m on 8.1.0