Split wi-fi

[samwardill11]

I need to split my broadband wi-fi into seperate SSIDs for 2.5GHz & 5GHz.

If I try to go to advanced settings on my router I am told that "Super wifi is running your wifi" and I have no options to change any wi-fi settings other than SSID, password & security protocol.

[Cynric]

@samwardill11  Yes, this is how Vodafone's router works. If you use the search function on this forum you can find relevant discussions about it and possible circumventions.

[Jayach]

@samwardill11 

Which router do you have, and do you have the Vodafone "boosters".

[samwardill11]

This is my router. I have "Pro Full Fibre 900 with Alexa Built-In". I don't know if I have any boosters

[Jayach]

Then you are out of luck. Had you not been on Pro, the option to split the bands is still there, but it is removed when you have Pro.

The boosters are the device marked as 3 here (the Alexa one looks a bit different I think.

[samwardill11]

This is pretty poor. It means the Vodafone router will not work with my central heating system!

[Cynric]

@samwardill11  Which heating system do you have? There has been a recent discussion about the Honeywell one which may help.

[samwardill11]

Mine is Drayton . From the Drayton website I know the issue is due to the combination of the bands. This appears not to be the Honeywell issue (from the post). Even my Fire TV cube struggles with combined frequency wi-fi. They really should allow it to be split.

[CrimsonLiar]

Which Drayton kit do you have?  I've recently helped set up a Drayton Wiser 3 for a dual-circuit S-Plan.  To be fair, if it'd been available when I upgraded my own thermostats I'd probably have gone down that route rather than use the "somewhat finicky" Netatmo devices.

From memory, it's a pretty simple WiFi setup, where you initially start by connecting to the controller while it's in AP mode, and then using it's app during set up put your WiFi details in to give it access to the network.  It seemed quite foolproof at the time, and there's been no comeback since!

[samwardill11]

It is a wiser 3. It would not work with my Vodafone router but works just fine now I switched to a Wi-Fi access point that allows me to split the frequencies (like most Wi-Fi access points do).