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RAX200 Manual band selection while Smart Connect is turned on
Hi all, I really like Smart Connect in theory. However there are a few devices around my home (IoT, wifi-enabled speakers, etc.) that occasionally fail to work with smart connect. I believe the r...
lazysusan111 wrote:
I believe the router is placing them on one of the 5ghz bands despite them only being compatible with the 2.4 band.
Smart Connect won't do that. Indeed, it can't do that.
It is down to the wifi clients (your IoT things) to pick the band. The router simply cannot tell them to use a band that they can't see.
I'd look for some other explanation for what you see.