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Rssteens
Jan 17, 2020Aspirant
2.4ghz device connecting to orbi rbk53
Hi, We have an old2.4ghz device we want to connect with the orbi rbk53. It does not connect. We have already tried to connect to another router with only has 2.4ghz and that worked. Is it possib...
- Jan 31, 2020
what I have found is that if i get far enough away from the router the the connection will fall back to 2.4G and once the item has connected it will stay connected fine.
Catalyst_oz
Jan 31, 2020Aspirant
what I have found is that if i get far enough away from the router the the connection will fall back to 2.4G and once the item has connected it will stay connected fine.
- FURRYe38Jan 31, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Ok, so this is a wifi distance issue with the device. Sounds like you got it narrowed down then.
Please mark your thread as solved so others will know.
Enjoy. :smileywink:
Catalyst_oz wrote:what I have found is that if i get far enough away from the router the the connection will fall back to 2.4G and once the item has connected it will stay connected fine.