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Even if I "hide" the 5ghz, and "forget" the SSID on my android phone
These steps will not work for me for some reason. Even if I "hide" the 5ghz, and "forget" the SSID on my android phone, when it then shows the available networks, it is still a 5ghz network. I also...
I think I can connect the access point, turn off the Orbi, and set up the access pont WiFi to the same SSID/PWD as the Orbi.
Does that sound like it would work?
You'll need a router. Though your ISP "modem" might be a gateway (router+modem).
A variation will work
- change the SSID on the Orbi
- set up the AP to use the original SSID/PWD
Then of course change the SSID back after the install.
Which Netgear router is this?
Another tactic is to use a cell phone Hot Spot. i.e.:
- Power off the WiFi router (temporarily, when no one is around to scream at you)
- Configure a 2.4G Hot Spot on a cell phone with exactly the same WiFi credentials as the primary router.
- Use a different smart phone to connect the Mitsubishi product.
- Connect that smart phone to the cell phone Hot Spot.
- Bring up the Mitsubishi app.
- Use the app to connect the product to the cell phone Hot Spot.
- Once the product is working correctly, power off the Hot Spot.
- Power the WiFi router back on.
- When the WiFi router come up, every device in the house will connect to it, including the Mitsubishi product