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Re: RBR760
Crimp On, just FYI on the WIFI 7 971/970 Router Satellites. You seem to be the 2.4MHz expert and my update is not on the 860, but this info may help you answering questions in the future. I had not...
Roc1 wrote:
Anyway, I did make sure my IOT SSID was only set for 2.4 MHz 5Mhz turned off.
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While in my iPhone settings, I found an interesting setting (will only be in iPhone 15, that’s first version to offer WiFI 6E). When I went to WiFi Settings, and then clicked on my main SSID, about 2/3rds down that page was an item that said “ “WiFi 6E” Automatic. The other option was “off”. I turned the WIFi option off to keep my iPhone from connecting to 6E even when I selected the IOT SSID that is only set for 2.4MHz band.
When I checked Orbi 970 “Connected Devices, my iPhone was now connected to IOT on 2.4 band. I think prior to that, NG has somehow combined your cell phone devices to actually use all 3 bands set up for your main SSID on the 971, even though you’ve connected to the IOT SSID that should limit your iPhone to 2.4Mhz, except in this NG “mutated” SSID arrangement.
Anyway, with no 2.4 MHz interference from the two satellites, no cellular competition with my WiFi SSID, I kept my iPhone close to the IOT devices I was moving from the main SSID as I first configured them back the IOT SSID. This time all my devices connected my first try, and the router device list shows they are all connected to the main router with full WiFi strength (not to the Satellites I had disconnected.
After I reconnected all IOTs, I reboot both satellites, changed my IPhone WIFI 6E back “automatic” (I’m now connecting again to the wide open 6MHz band!
Just a few things I discovered and tried that worked for my iPhone 15
This is what the Apple KB sys about this control:
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https://support.apple.com/en-us/102285
Use Wi-Fi 6E networks with Apple devices
Wi-Fi 6E uses the 6GHz wireless band to enable faster and more reliable wireless connections on supported devices. Here’s how to get the best wireless performance when using Wi-Fi 6E with an Apple device.
What you need to use Wi-Fi 6E
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To create a Wi-Fi 6E network, you need a Wi-Fi router or access point that supports Wi-Fi 6E and has its 2.4GHz or 5GHz bands also enabled, preferably using a single network name (SSID) across all bands.
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Exactly what the Orbi WiFi 6E devices do and are allowing. With deactivating WiFi 6E for your iPhone 15 Pro, you disallow associating with the 6 GHz network, while the IoT network is published only for 2.4 GHz like you have set on the Orbi 760.
Glad we have a happy IoT user Roc1 .
[Edit] Worth mentioning this strange "About Wi-Fi 6E networks that have limited compatibility"
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For best performance with Apple devices, the Wi-Fi router providing the network should use a single network name across all of its wireless bands: the 2.4GHz band, the 5GHz band, and the Wi-Fi 6E network’s 6GHz band.
If the router isn’t using the same name for all bands, your device identifies the network as having limited compatibility. It then finds the name of the corresponding 5GHz network and asks whether you want to join it for better compatibility.
If you select OK or Join, your device joins the 5GHz network without the benefits of Wi-Fi 6E.
If you select Not Now, your device continues to use the Wi-Fi 6E network, but your overall experience with some activities over the network might not be as expected.
Alert: Do you want to also join "WiFi-5G"?
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You will unlikely see this message, because of the Orbi 760/770/950/960/970 can't be configured with an SSID with inconsistent compatibility settings. The case ppers of you have routers or access points allowing the 2.4 GHz and the 5 GHz based SSIDs e.g. with mixed WPA2/WPA3 Personal/SAE mode while the SSID on 6 GHz must be mandatorily on WPA3-SAE.