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orbi keeps getting on 2.4 and not 5 ghz
my orbi keeps jumoing to 2.4 and when in range dosent hand off properly to 5 ghz on my devices and i have 2 satelites and ne router whcih covers the whole house open floor plan np walls . why cant th...
It's in the first priority the wireless client deciding on the band to use, not the access point (e.g. Orbi) deciding on the band to be used by a client. If the signal is not good enough, the 5 GHz channel active on-air is not available on the client, or the connection does fail repeatedly, clients fall back to 2.4 GHz.
Hacks to split off the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radios are published in the community already.