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Hardware vendor wants 2.4Ghz only; no negotiation between 5 and 2.4
Orbi 6 router with 2 satellites. A client has Sonos speakers install throughout his house. Their technical support wants the router to not auto-negotiate between 2.4 and 5Ghz. And they call thi...
Orbi has band steering and it can't be disabled. Orbi will always prefer 5 GHz and will try to push capable devices towards 5 GHz if possible.
I have 10 "Sonos" speakers and the whole system works well with Orbi.
You proable just need to fix the 2.4 and 5 GHz channels and select channels that are not being used by Sonos.
Do you have any wired speakers to Orbi? If yes how many?