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sclawrenc
Sep 30, 2019Apprentice
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...
FURRYe38
Mar 10, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Be aware that it's up to your devices to pick and choose where they want to connect to. Orbi only provides the platform and something to connect to. Device choose which signal to connect to based on signal strength, quality, noise and environment.
OrbiPhilip
Mar 10, 2020Luminary
FURRYe38 wrote:Be aware that it's up to your devices to pick and choose where they want to connect to. Orbi only provides the platform and something to connect to. Device choose which signal to connect to based on signal strength, quality, noise and environment.
And that is why being able to use different SSIDs is very important to many users.
- FURRYe38Mar 10, 2020Guru - Experienced User
I get that. Thats something NG doesnt' seem to want to support for unknown reasons.
Though some users have used the telnet option. For some, it works, for others not so much.