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Chromecast not connecting to 5ghz band
I recently purchase an RB50 setup with 1 satelite. Quite honestly, I’m less than impressed. I’ve had more dropped connections and resets in the last week than 3 years with my nighthawk. Im hopeful to ...
You are absolutely correct, just confirmed. My apologes! Thats not too big of a deal for me personally, as that chromecast is connected to a 720P TV in the garage (shared wall with the office, where Router is). My main concern is the Chromecast Ultra which is connected to an LG OLED 4K HDR, and streaming Dolby Vision is a necessity :)
Any ideas from Netgear support? Is there a profile label I should assign to the Chromecast to get it to steer it to the correct band? Or is this a Chomecast issue that NetGear/Google need to collaborate on?
So nothing from the Netgear Support team? I guess they aren't interested in helping?
No matter what routing system you use, it's always up to each device to decide what band it wants to connect to.
I have 5 Google Homes and one Chromecast-enabled soundbar. When I reboot my Orbi, I sometimes notice that some of those devices initially latch on to 2.4, but after a few minutes or so, they will all migrate to & settle down on the 5G band on the nearest Orbi (router or sat).
I have a router and just one sat. My MUMIMO, Beamforming, Fast Transition, UPnP, and Daisy Chaining are ALL disabled.
I also keep my 2.4 Tx power set to 25%, since I only have a few 2.4-only devices and they are all conveniently close to my router.
So I created a ticket with the Netgear support team, and here was their suggestion: DISABLE THE 2.4GHZ BAND ENTIRELY!!!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?! What an insane idea for a dang near $400 router system.
Flausfsu wrote:So I created a ticket with the Netgear support team, and here was their suggestion: DISABLE THE 2.4GHZ BAND ENTIRELY!!!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?! What an insane idea for a dang near $400 router system.
It's not possible to to completely disable 2.4, but you can manage the overall transmisssion level (Tx) for 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz...
I'm not at home right bow, so I'm not able to recall exact details, but I believe these settings are manged from the "Wireless" settings section in the GUI - the available options aren't very robust - just 100%, 75%, or 25% (if I recall correctly).
I keep my 5Ghz network at 100% Tx, but I reduce my 2.4 down to 25%. 25% still provides plently of reach for my 2.4-only devices, and I feel that lower setting helps reduce the likelihood of my other devices from "clinging" to 2.4 (instead of eventually settling down on 5G where I want them).
As I mentioned above, I keep my MUMIMO, Beamforming, Fast Roaming, UPnP, and Daisy-Chain options all disabled.
This combination of settings has worked very very well for me in recent months - all of my devices consistently connect on the desired band (2.4 vs 5) and also the desired device (router vs sat). I have not had any disconnectt issues, and my wifi-calling (which I'm very dependent on!) has been working great.