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RBRE960B compatibility with BGW320-500
Hi, I'm currently running an AT&T Fiber connection with a BGW320-500 modem/router combo unit. First week of March I picked up an Orbi RBRE960B and swapped out my old Netgear Nighthawk for it. I i...
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To answer your questions, I have always setup distinct SSID names. I did not reuse my main SSID anywhere in settings.
Unchecking "Enable 6 GHz Only Network" is the only change I made to get around the issue reported here, and it was sufficient to address it.
I tried what you mentioned, used the forget network option on my phone, and reconnected and I do see the 6GHz frequency for my main SSID on my phone now; thanks for that tip, didn't know any of that. Nice to know I'm not actually losing the entire 6GHz feature.
So I guess this issue is only related to this separate 6GHz-only WIFI.
To answer your questions, I have always setup distinct SSID names. I did not reuse my main SSID anywhere in settings.
Unchecking "Enable 6 GHz Only Network" is the only change I made to get around the issue reported here, and it was sufficient to address it.
I tried what you mentioned, used the forget network option on my phone, and reconnected and I do see the 6GHz frequency for my main SSID on my phone now; thanks for that tip, didn't know any of that. Nice to know I'm not actually losing the entire 6GHz feature.
So I guess this issue is only related to this separate 6GHz-only WIFI.
I'm glad you found that you still have a 6GHz band available! It's not very well explained in the User Manual - hoping Netgear will update that some day. I think a lot of users believe you have to enable this option to GET/USE a 6GHz SSID.
I think there is still and issue somewhere - the option is there, it SHOULD be usable without taking down the connection. But I'm sure it may take some digging by NG to figure out WHY it is happening.
That's a good call out. I had noticed that the signal appeared to be registering as wifi 6 on my phone, but so does the IoT SSID (which is 2.4 and 5.0 only) so I figured it was just an anomaly at the time, or registering what the device was capable of. But looking closer at the network information, it is indeed sometimes picking up five signals off of my primary SSID, one broadcasting on channel 213. Though MOST of the time, the Orbi wifi analytics doesn't see that signal.
And no, my SSIDs all have the same name except they end in IoT, 50, and 60.