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chrisxpierce
May 22, 2020Tutor
Blink XT2 Camera / 5ghz Merged with 2.4 Issue
Ok...was having issues with live view on my Blink XT2 Cameras, called Tech support and they said something about the 2.4 and 5ghz was merged, and that was the issue and that I needed to contact my provider and have them change it...I'm assuming that because I have the orbi router, I'd have to use telnet to go into my router to rename the 5.gz?? Anyway...I tried that method, typing in the codes: Config get wl_ssid, then it gave me ORBI35, so then I typed, config get wla_ssid, as instructed, and it was supposed to have the same name, BUT....its blank when enter that line, no name appears??
Any help would be appreciated....I tried unchecking 5ghz on my router, but somehow, according to them, it still showed 2.4 was merged with 5ghz.
Thanks
7 Replies
- CrimpOnGuru - Experienced User
They are full of (digested and expelled food items). The BlinkX2 camera has only a 2.4G WiFi radio. It cannot detect the Orbi 5G WiFi signal. It does not matter how many 5G signals are in the neighborhood or what their SSID's are. The Blink cannot see them.
It is possible (but unlikely) that the smartphone app used to configure the Blink camera requires the smartphone to be connected to a 2.4G WiFi signal. There is a way to deal with that.
The only thing you do NOT need to do is mess around with hacking the Orbi WiFi names.
Does Live View work when the camera is in the same room with the Orbi?
Thanks,
I'll definitely leave it alone then. I have 7 camera's and they'll all intermittent when attempting live view. The work properly in every other way. I disabled 5ghz by unchecking the box on the 5ghz ssid, but when I open up my Orbi app, to view connected devices, it still shows some connecting to 5ghz. :-(.
to clarify...he didn't say others in the area were interfering...he said that because my orbi was merging the 2.4 & 5ghz, that, that was causing the intermittent issues. Now he may be full of what you said, there too. LOL