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RBR850 - 5G wifi still available AFTER disabled in settings?
Has anyone else noticed that on the RBR850 with Firmware Version V4.6.3.16_2.0.51, even if you disable 5Ghz wifi, 5G devices remain connected and accessible? So it seems the disable 5Ghz button does ...
You can't disable 5Ghz on the RBR or any radio. If you removed the AX mode from next to the 5G under Basic Tab/Wireless settings you only disabled the AX mode on 5Ghz is all. ALL radios will always be active.
Netgear has set up a community forum specifically for the Orbi AX (WiFi 6) products. Most of the people who watch that forum are more likely to have experience with Orbi AX. Might be more likely to find someone who has a solution if the question is posted there:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-AX/bd-p/en-home-orbi-ax
Please use this link to the main forum product list to review and choose where to make your posts.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/NETGEAR-Forum/ct-p/en-netgear
Thank you