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Angry against Netgear about Orbi 760
All is in the title. 1) We can't desable the 5G ssid diffusion on the latest firmware. It was possible before. It is a problem for IOT with Home Assistant. 1 have 1 router and 4 satellites. ...
Syl2042 wrote:
It is a problem for IOT with Home Assistant.
And because we can't choose on witch satellite we want connect the connected object, some of them doesn't work because they work only with 2,4 Ghz.
This is a "feature" of poorly designed IoToys and setup apps that fail to follow the development of newer wifi systems. 99 times out of 100, perhaps more, it is possible to connect to Mesh wifi. You just have to work out how to do it.
Search around here for the devices you want to install. There can't be many devices that haven't turned up here over the years.
You could also complain to the people who made these devices and get them to update their systems.
You might also get better advice if you posted in the community section given over to your Orbi hardware.
If you do visit there, it could be useful to include the model number. It isn't "Orbi 760". That also doesn't feature in the support search system
I'm sorry, but we can also imagine that it is a poorly development from Netgear too.
I just can say that we speak abpout brands like Philips, Netatmo (Legrand), Samsung, Tuya .
I don't say that all these IOT brands are perfects in their solutions, but there's no reason they're more "stupid" than Netgear...
So, it is diffucult to ear always the same thing : It is not my development's problem, ask to the others...
Can Netgear just explain why we can't disable the 5G band. The oldests firmwares permetted that.
And even a poor ADSL box permit that !
I know the difference between the 2,4 and 5 Ghz bands.
But it is my choice to use one, the other, or twice.
Thanks for your answer.
Regards.