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TButcher
Aspirant
Feb 19, 2020

Installing Apps/Devices that cannot connect on 5g when trying to use Orbi and Pixel Phones

Scenario:   1. Orbi Mesh network installed where we cannot manually differentiate (i.e., name SSID separately our 2g and 5g) network bands because the mesh supposedly handles this in the background...
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CrimpOn
Guru - Experienced User
Feb 19, 2020
Retired_Member wrote:
TButcher wrote:

Scenario:

 

 

4.  .................Because I'm not getting rid of Pixel and Google WiFi just yet.  Saves me too much money each month.

 

So how is it that you're trying to run the Orbi system with Google WIFI?

Maybe Google Fi ?

Retired_Member's avatar
Retired_Member
Feb 19, 2020
CrimpOn wrote:

Maybe Google Fi ?

 

 

So you can see how posts like this become confusing.

 

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    TButcher
    Aspirant
    Feb 19, 2020

    <<

    Maybe Google Fi ?

     

     

    So you can see how posts like this become confusing.>>

     

    Yep.  Sorry.  Meant Google Fi there for cell access (not the network).  My apologies.

     

    My ISP, alas, is Spectrum.  Only thing available to me at the moment.