5G Gateway SSID Naming

Zodyart --

T-Mobile can’t even provide reliable cellular service… I have no idea who in their right minds would rely upon them for inter-networking services!

What T-Mobile is exceptionally good at is:

• bait and switch;
• glossy, feel-good advertising; and
• content-free customer support.

Everything you want in an inter-networking solution...

fubar wrote:

SamuelK wrote:

Hi,

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?

There is no technical restriction against having embedded spaces in SSIDs.  The SSID for my home network is so named.

However, what T-Mobile’s software will allow you to do is a different story…  Frankly, I would follow MelTX’s suggestion and plug your 5G gateway into your router and use the gateway for the purpose it was intended -- a gateway -- and use a real router to set up your network.  Configure your router appropriately and you should have no problems.  You can probably dump T-Mobile’s app completely after doing this.

I’ve been a professional software developer for a long time…  When I see or hear about horseshit like this, it’s a sure sign that the exclusion of spaces in SSID names is masking some other (probably more insidious) bug that either T-Mobile or it’s cut-rate contract software development company in Bangalore or Hyderabad deemed too costly to fix.  Danger Will Robinson!

You might be right or it could be a way to artificially push business to request their business tier routers for a surcharge. T-Mobile offers about 3-5 other gateways to businesses and enterprise customers which do allow you to do the ssid however you want including other things like band locking and port forwarding but there’s issue still. T-Mobile doesn’t seem to understand all we want is their new white g4ar & g4se router which has all the bands and external ports and usb c powered because no business should be using 5G for on location when fiber and starlink exist 😂 this is a portable onsite solution for mobile work, they keep pushing the false idea that this is suitable for home use when the gateway struggles with 2 devices using it at same time. 

-Cradlepoint E320 (✅)

-Inseego FX2000 you lose a few bands that are present on home internet gateways but you get stronger internal antenna (garbage)

-Another lower tier Inseego (garbage)

SamuelK wrote:

Hi,

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?

There is no technical restriction against having embedded spaces in SSIDs.  The SSID for my home network is so named.

However, what T-Mobile’s software will allow you to do is a different story…  Frankly, I would follow MelTX’s suggestion and plug your 5G gateway into your router and use the gateway for the purpose it was intended -- a gateway -- and use a real router to set up your network.  Configure your router appropriately and you should have no problems.  You can probably dump T-Mobile’s app completely after doing this.

I’ve been a professional software developer for a long time…  When I see or hear about horseshit like this, it’s a sure sign that the exclusion of spaces in SSID names is masking some other (probably more insidious) bug that either T-Mobile or it’s cut-rate contract software development company in Bangalore or Hyderabad deemed too costly to fix.  Danger Will Robinson!

It’s very foolish on t-mobiles part to give this trash to a business, looks very unprofessional “Mc_Donnalds_Free_Wifi” 

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. 

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?

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. 

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.

Following. Having exactly the same issue - would like to use identical SSID name what my other networks are. 

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.