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Orbi: We really need separate SSID for 2.4 Ghz and 5Ghz or speed is limited to less than 200 Mbps
TLDR: With Orbi, my 5Ghz capable devices are "forced" to connect to 2.4 Ghz most of the time, slowing down speed. Tested against 3 different routers and my 5Ghz capable can connect to 5Ghz network al...
I completely agree with you ChuckieCheese I think that I should be able to choose whuch SSID I connect a device too. I like to have my AppleTV and my iPhone and Macbook only connected to 5ghz for the speed bump (which is massive) and then I connect all the IoT things to the 2.4 channel.
When I connect to the Orbi I get laggy HD video
When my phone is connected to the 2.4ghz on a different Netgear router, I get laggy HD video streaming on 100Mbps Fibre.
When I connect to the 5Ghz on the other Netgear router no laggy HD video
It would be amazing if I could choose which SSID I connect devices to. I can't turn off the 2.4ghz antenna because a lot of the IoT devices don't yet support 5Ghz