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LawKrush
Jul 25, 2020Aspirant
Orbi WiFi 6 System (RBK752) Forcing 2.4GHZ on certain devices
Hi all, My Arlo Baby montiors (two (2) of them) are pretty far away from the router and above (upstairs) from the satelite. It's currently showing that its connected to the 5ghz band, but it's v...
schumaku
Jul 25, 2020Guru - Experienced User
In the first priority, it's the wireless client selecting the BSSID and the band to be used.
In the second priority, Mesh systems like the Orbi AX broadcast WiFi information packets with alternate BSSID (radio MAC) these are targeted to all wireless clients on the same SSID - thus dedicated handling for some clients is impossible.
Challenge Arlo why the Baby does not honour 802.11k and 802.11v and why it might be sticky on the 5 GHz radio therefore.