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Keep connecting to 5GHz network despite disabling 5GHz SSID broadcast
I have been having a lot of issues getting my Orbi system (RBR50 and RBS50) and my Sony HT-ST5000 soundbar to play nicely with each other (documented in detail here). The issue can be resolved if I c...
I did do that, as mentioned in the OP. Interestingly, I have noticed that after deleting the network information on the Mac it initially connects over the 2.4GHz network and then switches back to the 5GHz one after a few minutes.
Also, I am curtious as to why the 5GHz network on channel 36, as seen on the WiFi explorer app, is being broadcast at all.
The signal is there however the SSID is just hidden.
Do your mobile devices remain connected to the 2.4Ghz after you forget that nework and connect again?
What happens if you disable the 5G SSID and turn down the Power to 25% and walk farther away from the RBR. Mobile devices should remain connected to the 2.4Ghz radio.
The disabling of the 5Ghz SSID broadcast is only a short term solution for getting 2.4Ghz IoTs connected...Possible that the Mac still has some cached wifi information is maybe using the 2.4Ghz SSID name and password and trying to apply it to the 5Ghz signal and is getting connected, even though the SSID name is hidden.