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How to separate 5 ghz 2.4 ghz on my Orbi RBR850 Router and 2 satellites?
Was informed that I need to separate the orbi network (due to cameras hooked up to the Internet). The cameras will only operate on the 2.4 ghz and was told to to separate the 5.0 ghz and the 2.4 ghz...
wifey7700 wrote:
Was informed that I need to separate the orbi network (due to cameras hooked up to the Internet). The cameras will only operate on the 2.4 ghz and was told to to separate the 5.0 ghz and the 2.4 ghz.
This advice is incorrect. I have four different brands of "2.4G only" security cameras connected to my Orbi. All connected with absolutely no issues. Nearly every camera system I have seen is set up by having the camera smartphone app create a QR code that the camera can scan. This communicates the WiFi SSID and password to the camera and it connects.
Orbi does not support any method of assigning different names (SSID's) to the 2.4G and 5G WiFi. There was a "hack" several years ago that people used, and they were very upset when Netgear made the hack not work any more.
My advice is to proceed to set up the cameras and return to the forum if there is a problem.
The important information will be the brand and model of camera so that we can look at the user manual and installtion guide on the web.