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Orbi 2.4gHZ only when set to Auto
Recently I discovered that all of my 2.4 gHZ devices lost network connectivity. Checked the router and sure enough no 2.4 devices. tried changing the channel, was set to 6. No change Factory re...
maybe that makes sense in the city, but I live in the country. my nearest neighbor is over 500 feet away. I don't even see their wifi. So I am only dealing with my devices. Also if Auto works, why choose a channel that has a device when the next doesn't? Seems like they assumed all channels would have devices and to take the first one that meet a threshold.
Beside, selecting a channel used to work. Why would Auto work and not selecting a channel? Seems like a bug to me.
CAG61 wrote:maybe that makes sense in the city, but I live in the country. my nearest neighbor is over 500 feet away. I don't even see their wifi. So I am only dealing with my devices. Also if Auto works, why choose a channel that has a device when the next doesn't? Seems like they assumed all channels would have devices and to take the first one that meet a threshold.
Beside, selecting a channel used to work. Why would Auto work and not selecting a channel? Seems like a bug to me.
Interesting points.
You may want to consider what you haven't told us and that is, when did this become a problem? Any changes to your network, i.e. FW, etc. How long have you owned your Orbi?
You mentioned 'factory'(?) reset..?? That in itself can have a ripple of problems requiring time to allow things to settle down.