Forcing a device to 2.4 ghz

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sethm1 wrote:

I am not seeing this an option in the settings, so may not be possible - that is, have a number of devices that i am sure can handle 2.4 & 5 ghz, so can i assign 2.4 to a specific device or am I stuck with the router automatically choosing 5 ghz?

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When devices connect to a WiFi access point, there is a dialog between the device and access point describing what capabilities each has.  The device then makes a connection request for the type of service it wants to establish.

Other products have an option to create separate network names (SSIDs) for the 2.4G and 5G WiFi bands.  Orbi does not.

A major point of mesh systems is that the network and the devices determine for themselves which connections are best and leave the user out of it.  This avoids the complexity of previous WiFi plus bunch of random "extenders" where the user has to be alert to how each device is connected and manually change the connection if needed.  If every WiFi device is fixed in place and never moves, the older system works fine.  Once smartphone, tablets, laptops enter the mix, a mesh becomes much more "User Friendly."

Anyway, the answer is (a) no, and (b) it is the device (not the router) that determines the connection.