topic Sky Booster 4 - Split SSID in Broadband

Sky Booster 4 - Split SSID

Eltel2812 — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 08:28:20 GMT

Probably a bit of a naive question, but confirmation would be helpful.

I want to split the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz SSID's on my router to try and identify why some devices (typically Ring and Amazon) lose connectivity or in the case of Amazon echo losing groupings., by forcing them on to one or the other network. Am I right in thinking the Booster will still replicate the separate networks in the same way it does with them combined. (For instance the Ring camera shows an RSSI of -68 to -73 but is only about 4 m from the booster through one wall but I don't know whether it's on 5GHZ or 2.4.GHZ

Thanks

Re: Sky Booster 4 - Split SSID

jamesn123 — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:55:07 GMT

@Eltel2812

It was possible on the older Sky boosters to split the SSIDs but on the newer ones I believe they will only replicate a single band.

Re: Sky Booster 4 - Split SSID

Chrisee — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 11:10:43 GMT

@Eltel2812 Ring doorbells only use the 2.4GHz band the RSSI of 68dB is marginal but if your home has double thickness brick external walls is pretty typical. Mounting the doorbell on the door as opposed to the wall can help.

Re: Sky Booster 4 - Split SSID

Eltel2812 — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 07:52:37 GMT

Thanks for your reply, I think I've sorted it now.

Re: Sky Booster 4 - Split SSID

Eltel2812 — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 08:02:43 GMT

@Chrisee Thanks for your reply. It's an outdoor cam but yes it is on 2.4GHZ. I did think it was connecting to the hub which is further away rather than the booster, but I found that in the MySky app I can see what devices are connected to the hub and the booster, I was previously just looking at the connected devices onthe hub. It is connected to the booster. Interestingly (or not !) the camera reports an RSSI of 65-70dB. If I use a wifi analyser app on my phone it shows -55dB next to the camera. 2.4Gh on Ch1.

I need to look into that.

Re: Sky Booster 4 - Split SSID

Chrisee — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 08:10:37 GMT

@Eltel2812 the signal strength difference can be down one or more of to the aerial design, the wuality of tge WiFi chip and a small difference in position do use the RSSI readings as a rough guide. Having a booster near a window overlooking a camera would likely help.