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astake
Aspirant
Apr 11, 2020

Temporary disable all 5GHz channels of Orbi router.

I need to disable the 5GHz channels in order to add new smart home devices which support 2.4GHz only. I have no clue to separate the SSID of 5GHz & 2.4GHz. I found the way to disable 5GHz temporary f...
ekhalil's avatar
ekhalil
Master
Apr 11, 2020
It’s the same command, but you need to execute it on the Satellite. I guess that you only done this for the Router.
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astake
Aspirant
Apr 11, 2020

 

ekhalil wrote:
It’s the same command, but you need to execute it on the Satellite. I guess that you only done this for the Router.
I did not turn on the satellite. One of the 5GHz shut down but the other still there.
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    ekhalil
    Master
    Apr 11, 2020
    astake wrote:

     

    I did not turn on the satellite. One of the 5GHz shut down but the other still there.

    It's omly one fronthaul network broadcasted from the router. What other network do you see? Is it the "hidden" backhaul network?

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    ekhalil
    Master
    Apr 11, 2020
    astake wrote:

     

    I did not turn on the satellite. One of the 5GHz shut down but the other still there

    What other 5 GHz do you mean? From the Orbi router you should only have one 2.4 GHz and one 5 GHz network.