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Orbi System Functionality with GoGoGate2
I have an Orbi network that I have been using very successfully for several months. I received a GoGoGate2 to make my garage door smart for Christmas. While attempting to install this device I am conj...
While I am sure I could play around with this and make this hack work I would rather not seperate out the 2 networks as it limits the functionality of Orbi. One of the good things Orbi does is switch from 5GHz to 2.4GHz when the wifi signal gets weak. Not sure why the wifi connectivity on this particular device (Gogogate 2) is having issues as I have several other IOT devices (lights, switches and Nest) that connect fine through the 2.4GHz network. Clearly it is confused by the single SSID for some reason.
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While I am sure I could play around with this and make this hack work I would rather not seperate out the 2 networks as it limits the functionality of Orbi. One of the good things Orbi does is switch from 5GHz to 2.4GHz when the wifi signal gets weak. Not sure why the wifi connectivity on this particular device (Gogogate 2) is having issues as I have several other IOT devices (lights, switches and Nest) that connect fine through the 2.4GHz network. Clearly it is confused by the single SSID for some reason.
There's a good chance the SSID separation is only required during setup. So:
1.Separate the networks.
2. Connect your problem device.
3. Revert back to a single SSID.
Besides… what kind of IoT device should that be? If a device only connects to 2.4GHz, that should be just fine. I do have a couple of really cheap IoT devices and none of those had issues connecting to the Orbis's 2.4GHz network. The only thing I can think of, would be the Orbi trying to move the device to the 5GHz band, but to do that, the device would clearly have shown up on the 5GHz channels and thus be 5GHz capable in some way.
- Gogogate 2 is an automated garage door opener. I can't explain what is happening but I can configure it just fine on the Comcast wifi router but not on Orbi either on the regular ssid or the guest Network. Orbi definitely has some quirks including Samsung Galaxy connectivity which will not hold a connection.