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Steve54
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May 04, 2019
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Connect to 2.4G on Orbi

I have several devices that need to connect to the 2.4G band. I've been doing this by connecting to a Netgear extender with a different SSID that is on the 2.4G band but I would rather connect to the...
  • ekhalil's avatar
    ekhalil
    May 04, 2019

    Try to disable the 5GHz band SSID broadcast under >> ADVANCED >> Advanced Setup >> Wireless Settings. Please see below:

    This will work for some devices that can't find hidden SSID's. This will not work with smart phones and other smart devices:

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ekhalil
Master
May 04, 2019

Try to disable the 5GHz band SSID broadcast under >> ADVANCED >> Advanced Setup >> Wireless Settings. Please see below:

This will work for some devices that can't find hidden SSID's. This will not work with smart phones and other smart devices:

Steve54's avatar
Steve54
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May 08, 2019

So far this seems to have worked