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Aspirant

Nov 05, 2020

Does the Oribi RK83 support additional wifi networks other than primary + guest?

Does the Oribi RK83 support additional wifi networks other than primary + guest? I have lots of smart home devices a few of which have difficultly connecting to wifi's networks which have dual 2.4 a...

nm835

Aspirant

Nov 05, 2020

I just found this post:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/How-to-set-a-separate-SSID-for-the-5-GHz-network-on-your-Orbi/td-p/1396594

It provides instructions to login via Telnet and have some settings changes using command line settings.

If anyone knows this works on the new Oribi let me know.

When this is done does anyone know if this separate network is then listed and managable via the browser GUI ?

Thanks !

FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Nov 06, 2020
Separation of SSID is not officially supported on Orbi systems including Orbi AX.
If your asking abour Orbi AX, please check out the Orbi AX forum:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-AX/bd-p/en-home-orbi-ax

Good Luck