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lgrip's avatar
lgrip
Aspirant
Sep 21, 2018

Disable 5 GHz Oribi RBR53

Model RBK53 Orbi Router with 2 satellites, Firmware V2.1.4.16 with a computer running Windows 10. I have a RBK53 Orbi router.  I have a new device which I need to connect to the router. The new devic...
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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.

 

 

ydlazkov's avatar
ydlazkov
Tutor
Feb 23, 2019

In the Wireless Settings, what needs to be done to temporarily disable 5GHz?

  • ekhalil's avatar
    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:

    1. 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
    2. Enter admin as user name and your router’s management password
    3. Tick "Enable Telnet" option
    4. Use Telnet to connect to your Router telnet 192.168.1.1 and enter admin and the same password as above
    5. Enter the following command to temporarily disable 5 GHz band:

      • root@RBR50:/# ip link set down dev $(config get wl5g_NORMAL_AP)

    6. 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)