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michellefulks
Nov 10, 2018Follower
ORBI
Trying to figure out if my orbi is running a 2.4 or 5 ghz to install a la crosse weather station. It only uses the 2.4 ghz and won't install.
Thanks!
michaelkenward
Nov 11, 2018Guru - Experienced User
What does, "won't install" mean?
When trying to connect something to a wifi network, it isn't usually necessary to disable 5 GHz. If the weather station cannot see 5 GHz, it won't try to connect to it.
- ekhalilNov 11, 2018MasterCorrect, in normal cases you don’t need to disable 5GHz band to allow the device to select the 2.4GHz band.
This is an issue with this weather sensor that can’t select 2.4GHz if shared with 5GHz in same SSID, that’s why the proposed workaround.- FURRYe38Nov 11, 2018Guru - Experienced User
I would suggest turning down the power on the 5Ghz radio first before disabling the 5Ghz radio.