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How to turn off the 2.4GHz channel on the Orbi RBR50?
In advanced settings I tried setting the 2.4GHz channel from "auto" to 1, CTS/RTS to 1, Preamble to "short" and Transmit Power to 25%. Also disabled SSID broadcast, disabled 20/40 coexistence, and dis...
Thanks for the link, however, that process is unecessarily complicated. Disabling the 2.4GHz or 5GHz channel should be as easy as going into wifi settings and checking/unchecking a box. This seems like an interface shortcoming that Netgear/Orbi should address with an update.
You can disable the WiFi SSID broadcast only. Disabling of either radio is not officially supported by any other means. This is not a bug.