Disable 5 GHz Oribi RBR53

michaelkenward
Guru - Experienced User
Sep 23, 2018
lgrip wrote:

The manuel explicitly states that on dual band routers the 5 GHz band must be disabled and enable the 2.4 GHZ band only.

Have you tried setting it up without doing that?

As you present it, the manual seems to suggest that you should turn off 5 GHz permanently. That is nuts. It does not make sense even to temporarily disable 5 GHz.

As I said before, if the Ambient Weather WS-0262A works on 2.4GHz, it will not even see the 5 GHz

lgrip wrote:

I have reviewed the manuel for the router and do not find any way that only the 5 GHz band can disabled.

Orbi routers seems have the same features, they certainly share a manual. On the RBR40 you can disable the 5GHz SSID broadcast:

>>Advanced >> Advanced Setup >> Wireless Settings.

I have no idea if this will achieve this strange result.
- lgrip
  Aspirant
  Sep 24, 2018
  I understand that the Ambient Weather should connect to 2.4 GHz and not see the 5 GHz. But, I have attempted to connect the Ambient Weather and it will not connect. I have Disabled 5 GHz SSID broadcast, and reduced the power of the 5GHz to 25%. The Ambient weather will still not connect. I wish that Netgear Inc. would respond and help with this issue, How to Temporally Disable the 5GHz .
  - FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Sep 24, 2018
    Um, if the device will not connect to the Orbi and other devices do, this one device maybe the problem and you should contact the Mfr of this device and ask for help and information regarding it.
    
    Another test you can try is to set the Orbi for no wifi security temporarily. Does the device connect then? If so, go back and set WPA and TPIK only and see if the device will connect. Then try WPA2 and AES only and test.
    
    Try manual channels 1, 6 or 11.
- ydlazkov
  Tutor
  Feb 23, 2019
  In the Wireless Settings, what needs to be done to temporarily disable 5GHz?
  - ekhalil
    Master
    Feb 23, 2019
    ydlazkov wrote:
    
    In the Wireless Settings, what needs to be done to temporarily disable 5GHz?
    
    There is no wireless settings in Orbi to disable a wifi radio band. You need to use telnet to do this. Please follow the following steps to temporarily disable the 5 GHz band:
    
    From browser go to the router's debug page (http://192.168.1.1/debug.htm). Use your router's IP address or http://orbilogin.com/debug.htm
    
    Enter admin as user name and your router’s management password
    
    Tick "Enable Telnet" option
    
    Use Telnet to connect to your Router telnet 192.168.1.1 and enter admin and the same password as above
    
    Enter the following command to temporarily disable 5 GHz band:
    
    root@RBR50:/# ip link set down dev $(config get wl5g_NORMAL_AP)
    
    Do the device settings that you want to do, then enable the 5 GHz band again using the following command:
    
    root@RBR50:/# ip link set up dev $(config get wl5g_NORMAL_AP)

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