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Enllorvall
Aspirant
May 27, 2019
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Raspberry pi 3 can’t see Orbi Network

Hi. I have a Raspberry Pi model 3 with Libreelec SO on it. When I try to connect by wifi to the network generated by my Orbi system, I can’t see the network’s SSID on the raspberry. I can connect wit...
  • ekhalil's avatar
    ekhalil
    May 27, 2019
    I think that the issue is that the Pi can only see the lower channels in the 2.4 GHz band.
    In the Wireless Settings in Orbi please set the 2.4 GHz to channel 1 or 6 and see if the Pi will see it.
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
May 28, 2019

Thanks for letting us know the lower channels fixed it. Seems like the Pi3 needs a update to it's wifi adapter. 

 

Enjoy. :smileywink: