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Jul 18, 2022

How to deactivate 5GHz or get a different SSID for it?

Hi all Netgear users out there, I have Netgear routers since the very beginning of WLAN and most of the devices were just great. With Orbi its quite different - the poeple who defined the key pa...

FURRYe38

Guru - Experienced User

Jul 18, 2022

Did you turn OFF the RBS then lower the transmit power on the RBR to 25% then try to connect your device?

If you have a 50 series Orbi you might try disabling the SSID broadcast.

FYI:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Which-Orbi-Mesh-Router-will-separate-2-4-Ghz-and-5-Ghz-with/m-p/2241294/highlight/true#M134556