Creating 2 networks, one on 5Ghz one on 2.4 only

[kevin_nance]

I have an existing Ruckus network that we moved to a new location, they are getting 750 Meg internet so I want to keep them on the 5Ghz network to take advantage of the faster speed.  Problem is a few devices only operate on the 2.4.   It seems the zone director only sets broadcast at the access point not on the network configuration.   How can I create one network that broadcasts in 5Ghz only and a  second network t that only broadcasts in 2.4?

[Vineet_nejwala]

Hello Neil,

You can follow the below article that better explains how to create and map Wlan group to a AP group.

https://support.ruckuswireless.com/articles/000002324

This would require configuration of a new wlan group and as per your requirement AP zone if needed.

The best way would be opening a case with Ruckus support so that we can explain this better on call and remote session . This configuration assistance wouldn't take more then five minutes.

You can open a case via WEB through below link :

https://support.ruckuswireless.com/cases/new

or call Support https://support.ruckuswireless.com/contact-us

Best Regards
Vineet 

[joseph_woollard]

I have discovered how to accomplish this with the SZ-100. I have 3 SSIDs, Lets just call them WiFi 2.4GHz only, WiFi 5GHz only and WiFi Auto. Credit to me figuring out the first part goes to Christopher Scott at: http://blog.chrisjscott.net/2015/09/08/forcing-clients-to-use-5ghz-on-a-ruckus-wireless-network/.
 
I created the 3 WLANs with their SSIDs being for example: "WiFi 2_4GHz only", "WiFi 5GHz only" and "WiFi Auto". (if you are trying to modify an existing WLAN then just clone it and just change the SSID of the/each new WLAN)

Then added two WLAN Groups – one called “2.4GHz” and another called “5GHz” 

Then specify which WLANs should be a member of which group. For this example set "WiFi 2_4GHz only" as a member of "2.4GHz", "WiFi 5GHz only" as the member of "5GHz" and "WiFi Auto" as a member of both "2.4GHz" and "5GHz".

Finally, go to Access Points then in the tree, go to System -> Default Zone -> default (or whichever access group your access points are in) and edit that Access Group and set the WLAN Group override setting to ON then use the WLAN Group drop-down menus to specify each of your WLAN Groups to associate with each radio band.

Because the "WiFi Auto" SSID is a member of both groups, anyone connecting to that SSID can be automatically transitioned between the radio bands while the other 2 SSIDs are members of only their respective group so they will be restricted to only the band of which the SSID is a member.