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5G Gateway SSID Naming
Hola,
Is it possible to name a network on a 5G Gateway that allows spaces? Example: The Lan Before Time instead of TheLanBeforeTime. The main reason is to keep my network running on the same router name/password so I don't need to do it manually with a new name. I'm using the app and it doesn't permit this. Does anyone know if this can be done?
I would like to know this too. I just got T-Mobile home internet, and I was very disappointed to find out that it won't let you put spaces in the SSID. A space is a valid character, and every other wireless router I've ever used allows it.
The problem is that I have a bunch of wifi-connected equipment that I bring back-and-forth between my home and my office for work, and the wifi network that these NEED to connect to at the office has a space in the SSID. (I have no control over this name.) I would like to use the same SSID at home, because it would be extremely inconvenient to have to reconfigured the wifi in all my devices every time I bring them to/from the office, and I was hoping to not have to hook up additional wifi equipment to accomplish this, but I guess I'll have to.
And that’s fine in most cases, but in my case, the SSID name must be identical to the one at the office, or it’s going to cause me a lot of extra work when moving devices between the office and home.
Following. Having exactly the same issue - would like to use identical SSID name what my other networks are.
Same issue here. I’m going to call support and ask them to update my T-Mobile gateway/router software or send me another manufacturer’s device that will allow this.
Perhaps you could wire your old router to the gateway. My own system is setup like that and my old SSID and passwords are preserved. That approach took less than 60 seconds.
BUT - to answer your original question, I do now know if spaces are allowed in the Gateway-network.
Most places you can’t use a space you can replace it with an underscore _.
The_Lan_Before_Time may be the best you can do if spaced aren’t allowed.
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I gave up and plugged my wireless router into the T-Mobile gateway. I changed it from router mode to access point mode. It seems to solve my problem, although it's not as clean of a solution.
magenta4362502 wrote:
Same issue here. I’m going to call support and ask them to update my T-Mobile gateway/router software or send me another manufacturer’s device that will allow this.
Any luck with that?
I’m gonna look into this my theory is if I can inject the desired ssid when saving and bypassing the page rules it might work.
It’s very foolish on t-mobiles part to give this trash to a business, looks very unprofessional “Mc_Donnalds_Free_Wifi”
