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[BC] New Optik tv and Internet, two SSIDs now?

You can have two wireless networks off the same router.

Is it better to have both? I turned one off. Lets say my sister is downloading a lot of files and I have her on SSID #1. Would it affect my speed if I'm on SSID #2?

I don't think it would make that much of a difference with wireless-N - the download bandwidth is unlikely to saturate the wireless connection, so I think it's probably fine just using one.
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reply to Exile4ever
Main reason is some older devices don't play nice with WPA (eg. old XP machines, Nintendo DS Lite,) so you can set one to WPA/2 and one to WEP.

Or use one to be passive aggressive to your neighbours...

reply to Exile4ever
Having more SSID requires more radio time, which means there's less bandwidth for actually transferring packets. So the answer is no.
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