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calworld
Dec 24, 2019Aspirant
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...
SW_
Dec 24, 2019Prodigy
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.
- CrimpOnDec 24, 2019Guru - Experienced User
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.
- calworldDec 24, 2019AspirantI 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?
- SW_Dec 24, 2019Prodigy
calworld wrote:
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?Yes, you can do that with separate SSIDs on Guest Network. Check out my earlier post on how to do that.