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Wiz Smartbulb installation failing due to Broadcast (UDP) settings
Hi all, Hopefully here my question can be answered. As a not to experienced user iḿ trying to setup a pair (actually 12) Wiz Smart bulbs in my living. I have been looking around and found ...
CrimpOn wrote:
What would help is to know the specific model of WiFi router that is installed. Some models provide features which help address this situation and other models do not have those features.
Hope you dont have an Netgear Orbi in mind. The OP talked of an Orbi router, and provided a screenshot of the admin dashboard 😎
BCPN2310 wrote:
This i have done by adding the IP adresses of the bulbs in the ORBI admin dashboard in the advanced settings - port forwarding/port triggering.
A 7, 8 or 9 series Orbi model systems would address the OP issues since they now have a separate IoT wifi network that users can configure to only use 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz or both at the same time.