Disable 5g orbi rbr50v2

When I run the code to disable 5g (as per the post in this forum using telnet to router instructions) I consistently get an error code as follows unknown command “seconds=60”. Why am I getting this? It’s preventing the script from running. Any help would be appreciated. I need this to connect my existing HomeKit accessories which run only on 2.4g.
Thanks

This is the code I run,

seconds=300; x=0; while [ $x -lt $seconds ]; do ip link set down dev $(config get wl5g_NORMAL_AP); x=$(( x + 1 )); echo "down $x"; sleep 1; done

Model: RBR50|Orbi AC3000 Tri-band WiFi Router

michaelkenward
Apr 13, 2020
Dolcevino wrote:
Any help would be appreciated. I need this to connect my existing HomeKit accessories which run only on 2.4g.

Thank you for explaining what you are trying to do. It really helps.

A lot of people turn up wanting to now how to do this without explaining why. In reality they rarely need to disable the 5 GHz, they certainly do not need to break the whole idea of the Mesh technology and have separate SSIDs for 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz.

In your case, temporarily disabling the 5 GHz SSID broadcast should work. It has for a ,lot of IoT users.

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If you do this then you can use whatever it is you are using to set up the IoT things, usually a mobile app, to connect to 2.4 GHz, do the set up and then turn the SSID back on. The IoT things don't care about 5 GHz because they can't see it. The problem is that some IoT apps are badly designed and need to be on the same network as the gadget.

If you search this place for the stuff you are playing with you might come up with some clues.

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michaelkenward
Guru
Apr 13, 2020
Dolcevino wrote:
Any help would be appreciated. I need this to connect my existing HomeKit accessories which run only on 2.4g.

Thank you for explaining what you are trying to do. It really helps.

A lot of people turn up wanting to now how to do this without explaining why. In reality they rarely need to disable the 5 GHz, they certainly do not need to break the whole idea of the Mesh technology and have separate SSIDs for 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz.

In your case, temporarily disabling the 5 GHz SSID broadcast should work. It has for a ,lot of IoT users.

Solved: Re: v2.5.0.38 undoes SSD split - is there a fix? - NETGEAR Communities

If you do this then you can use whatever it is you are using to set up the IoT things, usually a mobile app, to connect to 2.4 GHz, do the set up and then turn the SSID back on. The IoT things don't care about 5 GHz because they can't see it. The problem is that some IoT apps are badly designed and need to be on the same network as the gadget.

If you search this place for the stuff you are playing with you might come up with some clues.
- Dolcevino
  Aspirant
  Apr 13, 2020
  Thank you for your response. I am not trying to separate SSID but rather just temporarily turn 5g off completely. The code I pasted does exactly that for my specified amount of time then reverts back to normal. I tried all other solutions including turning down 5g to 25% and unchecking 5g broadcast. Unfortunately they don’t work.
  
  This if I can figure out why my code is giving an error then maybe I can resolve this issue.
  
  Thanks again for trying.
  - FURRYe38
    Guru
    Apr 13, 2020
    You can try this:
    config set endis_wla_radio=0
    ifconfig $(config get wl5g_NORMAL_AP) down
    
    This won't persist though past a reboot.
    Dolcevino wrote:
    Thank you for your response. I am not trying to separate SSID but rather just temporarily turn 5g off completely. The code I pasted does exactly that for my specified amount of time then reverts back to normal. I tried all other solutions including turning down 5g to 25% and unchecking 5g broadcast. Unfortunately they don’t work.
    
    This if I can figure out why my code is giving an error then maybe I can resolve this issue.
    
    Thanks again for trying.

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