I have a device (wireless grill controller) that uses a handoff from my phone (iOS 12.1) to join the network. The device is 2.4 Ghz capable only. Can I create a 2.4G only SSID? Alternatively, can I force my phone to 2.4 GHz at least login enough to do this handoff thing?

Orbi doesn't support seperate SSIDs. Orbi connects devices to the most appropriate frequency based on device support. So if your device supports only 2.4ghz, it should connect to the 2.4Ghz radio of the Orbi.

Welp, here is step one of the controller’s setup process 1. If you have a dual band router, ensure you have separate network names, or SSIDs, for the 2.4 and 5.0 bands (aka 2.4 and 5.0Ghz signal, frequency, network, or radio). In order to reconnect the split networks later we want to rename the 5.0 signal and not the 2.4 signal. This allows reconsolidation without losing the grill from the WiFi network. Can I temporarily disable the 5Ghz radio in the Orbi?

No. You can turn down the power output of the 5Ghz radio from 100% to say 25% and see if that helps. Just curious, what is the purpose of this wireless grill device?

The Grill IoT vendor (https://www.rectecgrills.com/wi-fi-set-up/) seems to be concerned that the mobile device with the App and the Grill controller are on the same radio (same band). Most discovery processes make use if IP broadcast or IGMP multicast - where a modern wireless device like the Orbi system can be considered transparent. Some buggy routers (this includes some Netgear units) are blocking IP broadcast or IGMP multicast 2.4GHz<->5GHz for example.

SilentService wrote: ....... Can I temporarily disable the 5Ghz radio in the Orbi? This can probably help: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/HOW-TO-DISABLE-5G-TEMPORARILY-ON-ORBI-ROUTER/m-p/1469365 Or the following summary steps: 1 Power off the satellites. 2 Go to: http://orbilogin.com/debug.htm 3 Check "Enable Telnet" 4 Open the Terminal application on the MAC 5 nc orbilogin.com 23 6 Enter your Orbi router username (admin) and your password at the prompts. (admin/password is the default) 7 Paste the following in to disable 5G for a set amount of seconds. This is 300 for now (5 minutes). seconds=300; x=0; while [ $x -lt $seconds ]; do ip link set down dev $(config get wl5g_NORMAL_AP); x=$(( x + 1 )); echo "down $x"; sleep 1; done 8 Use "Weather Connect" to pair your station. You have 5 minutes if you used the nc (telnet) command above. 9 Go to: http://orbilogin.com/debug.htm 10 UnCheck "Enable Telnet" 11 Power on the satellites.

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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Nov 09, 2018
Orbi doesn't support seperate SSIDs.

Orbi connects devices to the most appropriate frequency based on device support. So if your device supports only 2.4ghz, it should connect to the 2.4Ghz radio of the Orbi.
- SilentService
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  Nov 09, 2018
  Welp, here is step one of the controller’s setup process
  
  1. If you have a dual band router, ensure you have separate network names, or SSIDs, for the 2.4 and 5.0 bands (aka 2.4 and 5.0Ghz signal, frequency, network, or radio). In order to reconnect the split networks later we want to rename the 5.0 signal and not the 2.4 signal. This allows reconsolidation without losing the grill from the WiFi network.
  
  Can I temporarily disable the 5Ghz radio in the Orbi?
  - FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Nov 10, 2018
    No. You can turn down the power output of the 5Ghz radio from 100% to say 25% and see if that helps.
    
    Just curious, what is the purpose of this wireless grill device?

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