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Enable Orbi Guest Network at 5GHz
Is it possible to enable Orbi at 5GHz for guest network? I can see Orbi guest network only has 2.4GHz. I have a tenant that share internet with me so I want to seperate my network so I provided guest network and not wanting to create another SSID.
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calworld wrote:Is it possible to enable Orbi at 5GHz for guest network? I can see Orbi guest network only has 2.4GHz.
The Orbi Guest network is both 2.4G and 5G. What has led to the conclusion that it is only 2.4G?
They both have the same Guest WiFi name (SSID), and devices connect to whichever channel gives them the best connection.
calworld wrote:Is it possible to enable Orbi at 5GHz for guest network? I can see Orbi guest network only has 2.4GHz. I have a tenant that share internet with me so I want to seperate my network so I provided guest network and not wanting to create another SSID.
You can check out this: How to enable separate SSID for 2.4 GHz and 5GHz on Guest Network.
I think the question was that there appears to be no 5G Guest network, which I think is incorrect. Not, how to create a different 5G network name. Guess we'll learn which it was when the poster responds.
- I want to force a device to connect to 5GHz but it does not have that option. Therefore I suspect it only allows 2.4GHz. If what above reply is true that Guest WiFi does allow 5GHz, then how to I force it to connect to it?
