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RBR50 - Remove Satellite?
I now live in a smaller home about 1600 S.F. I currently have the RBR50 in the garage for convenience and a satellite in the living room. Since one unit will provide enough coverage I am thinking...
vPpkGyA0ACVq wrote:
I want to only have my appliances etc. connect to the 2.4 guest network and 5 ghz able devices to only connect to the 5 ghz network. How can I configure this? On my 5 Ghz network I don't see a way to turn off 2.4.
I know I can have the appliances login to the guest but I don't want 5 ghz devices connecting to 2.4 as my phone sometimes does.
Only the very latest (and most costly) Orbi mesh system provides the ability to confine some devices to a 2.4G WiFi channel (the RBRE960 product line).
Aside from that one system, no Orbi mesh system can prevent a device from selecting the 2.4G WiFi channel (either primary or guest). When a device is ready to connect to WiFi, the device scans for available WiFi access points that are broadcasting and chooses which access point it will send a connection request to. Obviously signal strength is one of the factors the device takes into account, as well as which SSIDs the device already knows the password for (and has been set to "connect automatically.")
Some devices allow the user to set limits on WiFi connection. My Windows laptop, for example, has a WiFi adapter parameter for which WiFi bands to prefer (2.4G, 5G, or "Auto") My phone does not have this capability. The ability to connect to 2.4G is seen as an advantage when the 5G signal is too low to provide a good connection. What you are saying is that you'd rather have the phone not have WiFi at all than have a 2.4G connection. Most customers probably feel differently.
No matter. Can't be done.