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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...
1. Enable Telnet on http://192.168.1.1/debug.htm
2. Open Terminal (or whatever your command line app is) and enter:
telnet 192.168.1.1
3. After you're connected enter the following 3 commands, pressing Return after each one:
config set wla_ssid="Whatever You Want to Call Your 5 GHz Network" config commit reboot
4. Disable Telnet on http://192.168.1.1/debug.htm