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Orbi - Overide 2.4ghz/5ghz priorities and QOS
Hi Netgear, I am in the market to purchase a new mesh wifi hub.
As the title suggests, I am looking for a mesh wifi hub that allows me to overide which the automatic switching over wifi bands.
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NitrousX wrote:
.....With this I also need the ability to use my routers QOS. I know the Orbi devices have their own built in QOS pritortisation but if i was to disable this. Would it use my routers QOS instead?
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Orbi can be used both in Router mode or AP mode that you can select when configuring your system. If you use the Orbi in AP mode then all routing, including QoS rules will be done only by your router.
Hi thank you for your reply. So I can use QOS from the router thats good. So what about choosing which wifi band per device as I explained earlier is this possible thanks
NitrousX wrote:
...... So what about choosing which wifi band per device as I explained earlier is this possible thanks
You can't do such configuration in Orbi, but in some devices (e.g Windows PCs, see snapshot below) you can select which band to use.
That's a shame that I cannot change the wifi band from the orbi. As I would be connecting my PC to a orbi via ethernet. Does Orbi use fastlane tech to change to 5ghz from 2.4ghz similar to what you can do with the EX7000 wifi extender?
NitrousX wrote:
That's a shame that I cannot change the wifi band from the orbi. As I would be connecting my PC to a orbi via ethernet. Does Orbi use fastlane tech to change to 5ghz from 2.4ghz similar to what you can do with the EX7000 wifi extender?
If you connect your PC to Orbi via an Ethernet wire, your PC will not be using WiFi to connect to Orbi.
So why are you asking whether you can force your PC to use 5 GHz?
