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Forcing certain devices to connect to 2.4ghz
Set up this network last night and things seem to have really improved. Some of our devices (light bulbs) require a 2.4ghz connection and it wont let connect to it because (I assume) it's preferring ...
Does that really work? I thought the Orbi periodically reconfirmed the connection. (i.e. in case you moved a device). Regardless anytime you upgrade firmware/reboot you have to go through the process above again.
Yes, it works. Once the device has connected to Orbi at 2.4G, it knows the SSID and password and will connect every time. After power failures. After software updates. Always. The only issue is the dumb software which does not provide the setup information the first time.