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Separate WiFi 2.4 and 5ghz bands
I am no longer able to separate my WiFi bands on the most recent Orbi firmware versions. It worked for over a year fine, but after updating firmware they are no longer separate. I have tried the Te...
What a mess Netgear has created. Users who needed to separate bands could, novices got the base config. Instead of leaving well enough alone, Netgear decided to spend time and resources to remove an advanced feature.
And to add insult to injury, you don't overtly watch for the change and warn that you are preventing it. Instead you silently check for the modification, undo it, and restart the interfaces.
Well Netgear, you broke my home automation. All my 5ghz devices are orphaned and must be reset and reconfigured.
Rather than continue to work around your apparently endless string of poor dev decisions, I'll be shopping for new router/wifi mesh. Rest assured that it will NOT be a Netgear product.
#DivorcePapers #YouHaveBeenServed
And to add insult to injury, you don't overtly watch for the change and warn that you are preventing it. Instead you silently check for the modification, undo it, and restart the interfaces.
Well Netgear, you broke my home automation. All my 5ghz devices are orphaned and must be reset and reconfigured.
Rather than continue to work around your apparently endless string of poor dev decisions, I'll be shopping for new router/wifi mesh. Rest assured that it will NOT be a Netgear product.
#DivorcePapers #YouHaveBeenServed
NG has never supported separate of SSID names. NG has only given the disabling of either SSID radio broadcast as a temporary solution to help IoT users get there 2.4Ghz devices connected to Orbi.
Users who choose to separate there SSIDs are at there own risk if telnet process fails or stops working. Again, something that NG does NOT officially support. Even on Orbi AX.
Good Luck.
FURRYe38 wrote:NG has never supported separate of SSID names. ...
something that NG does NOT officially support. Even on Orbi AX.
Thanks Captain Obvious. I can't tell you how awesome it is to see your cookie cutter posts spammed across every single thread.Anytime. Some people may not read the entire thread so just informing them.
Enjoy. :smileywink:
FURRYe38 wrote:Enjoy. :smileywink:
Enjoy? Are you leaving the forum?
OrbiPhilip wrote:
FURRYe38 wrote:NG has never supported separate of SSID names. ...
something that NG does NOT officially support. Even on Orbi AX.
Thanks Captain Obvious. I can't tell you how awesome it is to see your cookie cutter posts spammed across every single thread.That's funny.....for the record....a MESH system and its devices are all part of a single wireless network, and share the same SSID and password. That's what a MESH system is and does. But of course most know that. That idea or fact that a user can go in and tweak a setting to break the frequencies apart to create separate SSIDs is nice, but that is not what a true MESH system was designed for.
There are some who feel that the company who made the device that acts dumb under a MESH system is to blame, perhaps. But from my experience a few years back, the company I was dealing with (or at least the person I spoke to) had not heard of the MESH system. I'm sure they have today.
My only suggestion is that IF a user does not like being told that a company does not support breaking out the SSIDs in a MESH system, then go get a different router. save yourself some headaches. There are many great ones out there that are non-MESH system and you can play with the SSIDs all day long.
I've been reading various posts/threads with interest. I have just bought an RBK50 and have read about separating SSIDs for 2.4/5GHz. I was hoping that the Orbi would be the answer to all my previous frustrations with various wifi set-ups over the Months/years.
I have a fairly simple requirement. My NG R6300 5GHz network didn't quite extend to upstairs back of the house and garden and 2.4GHz on that was also a little ropey in that area.
So I also purchased some Tenda Nova MW6 mesh wifi boxes as I didn't want to spend loads on improving wifi. I've ditched these due to some instabilities but primarily the fact that the 2.4GHz chan is fixed at 6 (and next to useless in my area) and devices often refuse to connect over 5Ghz so were left with very slow 2.4GHz connectivity.
So back to the Netgear Orbi. I bought these hoping that out of the box they would solve my problems.. That is to say, Orbi router on ground, and 1 satelite upstairs providing good 5GHz connectivity to supporting devices and 2.4GHz to those devices that need it.
Worst case I thought I'd separate the 5GHz and 2.4 networks and connect devices to each.
So after a couple of days of setup I'm currently at a situation where most of my devices inc iPhones that support 5GHz spend most of their time connected to the 2.4GHz network..
I have devices e.g. Laptop / two Sky Q boxes / Xbox One where I absolutely want to force them to use 5GHz...
So I'm now ready to really throw my toys out of the pram and send the RBK50 back, having found out that with the later firmware I can no longer use the telnet method to separate the Networks.
I don't want these devices to download at slower speeds over 2.4GHz, when they're capable of using 5GHz and all of my internet bandwidth.. I didn't grace Netgear with my hard earned cash to be in a worse situation (speed wise) than I was with my ageing R6300 (albeit I now have great coverage).
I get the concept of Mesh and 1 SSID and allowing the tech to do its thing.. that'd be fine if it actually worked properly. Unless I can get my devices connecting reliably to 5GHz, these are going back and I'm back to square 1.