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SSID Name Best Practices?

cpdecker — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 21:17:46 GMT

Hey everyone,

I want to put a " - " in my SSID name. Like this: "Test-SSID"

I've seen some info suggesting that some devices might have problems connecting to SSIDs with "special characters". I'm not expecting 99% of our devices to have any issue, just wanted to avoid any issue w/ that 1%. Thoughts? Should I just go ahead and avoid the issue altogether with a convention like this? "TESTssid"

Thanks!

Re: SSID Name Best Practices?

bruce_stahlin — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 22:22:01 GMT

We've used hyphens without issue. I would be wary of spaces.

Re: SSID Name Best Practices?

weekdaysailor — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 22:28:41 GMT

My Ecobee thermostat is a good example of a device which cannot handle hyphens. This seems to be a common problem across consumer devices (same code/chipset more than likely)

Re: SSID Name Best Practices?

jose_gonzalez — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 23:00:30 GMT

Hyphens are common in SSIDs. We use hyphens in a large enterprise. Consider upgrading the firmware on the "Ecobee thermostat".

Re: SSID Name Best Practices?

weekdaysailor — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 23:12:31 GMT

Ha! Me and about a million friends have been trying to get them to fix that for about 2 years. (and like I said..google "hyphen in ssid" -- it's a very common issue.