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Wow!!! Orbi Firmware V2.0.0.72 Released
Just logged into my router and it gave me the option to upgrade the firmware.
Have now Upgraded to V2.0.0.72
Haven’t had too much time to explore but early indications are WOW !!!
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Has the band steering issue been fixed?
I just got my Orbi system installed yesterday. I had a lot of fun doing speed tests. Then after about an hour I tested again and my speed was 1/3 what it was when I started(and in some cases slower than my router given by my ISP). I toggled wifi on/off on my device and it was back and then happened again.shortly after.
After some internet sleuthing I read about the band steering issue. So I looked for solutions. Albeit it's not the best solution, I forced the system into 2 seperate SSID's for 2.4 and 5ghz so I could pick which one a device specifically connected to. I'd prefer to let everything work as it was designed to but all my devices kept staying on 2.4 causing issues.
NestoMS3 wrote:
I forced the system into 2 seperate SSID's for 2.4 and 5ghz so I could pick which one a device specifically connected to.
Really ? How did you do that ?
I thought that the Orbi only supported the same SSID for 2.4 and 5Ghz ?
martyfp wrote:
NestoMS3 wrote:I forced the system into 2 seperate SSID's for 2.4 and 5ghz so I could pick which one a device specifically connected to.
Really ? How did you do that ?
I thought that the Orbi only supported the same SSID for 2.4 and 5Ghz ?
https://www.reddit.com/r/orbi/comments/5svxmy/howto_configure_different_ssids_for_24_and_5ghz/
Follow that guide, you'll need to Telnet into the router and the satellite seperately but worked perfect for me.
Do the Router first, once it reboots, lgo into the satellite and turn telnet on and then telnet into the satellite and let it fully reboot. Make sure that your SSID name for the 5ghz band is identical to what you set on the router
I do need to state - you do this at your own risk of course
Nice one - thanks. That looks interesting. Also on the same forum there's info on how to do the same for Guest network
JMU1998 wrote:NestoMS3 did you happen to figure out how to turn off the 2.4GHz radio completely?
JMU1998 Out of curiosity I had a poke about... If you telenet into the orbi then do this :
nvram show | grep wl_
( the " | " character is the linux pipe symbol )
The will show all of the nvram settings and then grep out the ones starting with "wl_" , i.e. those that are related to the 2.4GHz.
In the list you will see SSID, passwords, channel settings, country codes.... the works. If you grep for wla_ then you get the 5GHz settings.
I am GUESSING that the "wl_radio=1" config is the one that enables the 2.4 radio. I have not tried this, but possibly setting that to zero might work.
