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Orbi RBR 20 - 2.4g - 5g
My Orbi and Satellite send a 5g speed to my devices. I need to have access to 2.4g from time to time to set up and manage certain smart home products like switches and lights. How can I reset the ro...
- Here's what worked for me.
I logged into my FiOS Frontier modem and switched the 2.4g "ON".
So, as a rule, everything runs on the Orbi network but when I "need" 2.4g... I log into my primary WiFi account and run off the modem.
When done, I switch back to the Orbi network which at 5g is faster.
JnGalt52 wrote:My Orbi and Satellite send a 5g speed to my devices.
No, it does offer 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz concurrently. Both radios and the LAN ports are connected and represent the very same network, LAN, IP subnetwork. Access to all devices is fully transparent.
vajim wrote:In a 'Mesh' system, the Orbi router decides which freq to allow the device to connect.
Well, it's mostly up to the wireless client where and how it does try to associate, using the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz band where available.
Mesh aware clients receive a list of BSSIDs where the same SSID i(network name) s served. Dual band clients (like decent mobile devices) will - especially on shorter range - prefer 5 GHz for the obvious reasons. Technically, there is nothing stopping anyone from operating and managing IoJ devices operating on 2.4 GHz. Except of some ***** Apps which still come with the (mostly nonsense) requirement to connect to the 2.4 GHz band. On some Apps, the check can be skipped - some makers do listen to their customer complaints. Something the crApp makers could easily fix, JnGalt52 this is where you must head out and complain - everything you need is in this post!
Matter of fact, most mobile devices have no controls which band must be used, few advanced driver makers offer some preference controls on the driver level. But there is no "connect to 2.4 GHz" enforcement possible.
Under very rare conditions, outdated IoJ WiFI clients struggle to discover (e.g. caused by additional bits and bytes in the protocol coming e.g. from 802.11ax aka. WiFi 6 support, or from the enhanced radio resource management controls flying over the air. here again, the IoJ makers must be made aware and have to fix their junk.
This is definitively not a problem with the Mesh device. Just for the poor users.
Beyond, I agree with vajim .