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DS107
Follower
Mar 09, 2018

Leviton light switches require 2.4ghz

I have 10 Leviton homekit smart switches in my home.  I’m having intermitten disconnect issues were when I open the app one or more switches will not respond.  It’s not all the switches and it’s not ...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Mar 09, 2018

The Orbi combines both 2.4 and 5Ghz into one SSID. It handles which radios to connect clients too. Theres nothing in the UI to separate these using the UI or officiallly supported. 

 

http://blog.dlink.com/what-is-smart-connect-technology/

https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-howto/32653-asus-rt-ac3200-smart-connect-the-missi...

 

You can try this:

 

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/How-to-set-a-separate-SSID-for-the-5-GHz-network-on-your-Orbi/...