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WAC104 WPS button doesn't work?
TO provide my home with 2.4gHz access to my many legacy devices that I lost connectivity to when I upgraded to a Netgear Orbi 750, I bought a WAC104 online which arrived today. I also have two Negea...
TexARC wrote:
The Orbi does not provide a means by which 2.4gHz devices can see the SSID to attach to it. I've thrashed this to death on another thread on this community.
Which Orbi is this?
Netgear Orbi 750 is not a model number.
What IoT devices do you have? Unfortunately, too many IoT makers write crummy connection routines. However, most have ways of connecting even when there is 5 GHz around. After all most IoT devices can't connect to 5 GHz. You just have to go about it in the right way.
michaelkenward wrote:
TexARC wrote:The Orbi does not provide a means by which 2.4gHz devices can see the SSID to attach to it. I've thrashed this to death on another thread on this community.
Which Orbi is this? Netgear Orbi 750 is not a model number.
It's an Orbi RBS750. Sorry that the lack of "RBS" prevented you from figuring out which Orbi I have - I know I find the way Netgear labels things to be very confusing as well.
Before anything else, perhaps reviewing this thread might be of use: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-AX/Orbi-750-and-2-4gHz-SSID/td-p/2011091
I have 5 nest cameras, an Ambient Weather WS-1002 station, three Sensibos to control split AC Heat pump units, and a Sense monitor, two netgear MESH extenders, NONE of which will work with the ORBI. I tried all of the suggestions in that thread, the only thing that worked was getting a simple netgear extender (which creates a 2.4gHz SSID), in order to get the weather station in my living room back onto the net. Insufficient signal for anything else.
did you try the extender in access point mode? not mesh mode?
plemans wrote:did you try the extender in access point mode? not mesh mode?
Well, that's a chicken and egg thing. I cannot link/connect to either of the netgear mesh extenders (Nighthawk x45 AC2200 model ex7500) to change anything about them until they are attached to the access point or router. The only "controller" button on these extenders is a wps button and a factory reset button. I'm currently on the phone with a tech support guy from netgear and it is truly painfully frustrating. I've done everything he asks, before I called him. We've established the light for the WPS SHOULD come on and that it doesn't, but he keeps going off in directions about all the devices I am trying to attach to and what happens when I try to attach them ( I CAN'T, the frickin' WPS button on the 104 WON'T WORK). Sigh. So to answer your question, I am using the default setting on these extenders, which worked perfectly well on an old netgear cable modem I was foolish enough to replaces with a newer Spectrum modem and Netgear Orbi Router. Thus began my downfall into insanity of dealing with Netgear lo this last week.
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