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How t o distinguish 5G and 2G channels on Orbi?
Hi there. I just installed the system and it seeems to be working normally. I see only one WIFI network name however and can't distinguish 5G and 2G channels. This is important to me since I have som...
Another easy way to help your 2.4Ghz only devcies to connnect or setup with Orbi, you can uncheck the "Enable 5G SSID broadcast" check box temporarily, then save settings. This keeps any 5Ghz supporting devcie from connecting to the 5Ghz radio. Then you should be able to use the setup mobile device to get your 2.4Ghz device connected to Orbi. When your done, you can check the "Enable 5G SSID broadcast" check box to re-enable the 5Ghz SSID for you other devices.
rickbo wrote:Thanks very much. For set-up, my security cameras require that my phone (app) be connected to the same 2.4G network as the camera. So I need to force my phone to 2.4. With previous routers it was simple since there were distinct SSIDs. Wish me luck.
rickbo Unless there is a problem with e.g. the discovery of the camera on the 2.4 GHz WLAN you can safely leave things as is.
Some IoT stuff comes with software that is so badly designed that people have to resort to various tricks to configure it on a MESH network. The problem is down to the IoT clowns who do not understand MESH wifi.
Here is a recent post that offers one way around this incompetence:
Configuring IOT devices - NETGEAR Communities
Not sure that I buy the basic premise about needing a phone to be connected to the 2.4GHZ band, but it works for some people.
Thanks very much - super helpful and I will give this a try. The point about the phone needing to connect to 2.4 is this: for set-up, my security cameras require that my phone (app) be connected to the same 2.4G network as the camera. So I need to force my phone to 2.4. With previous routers it was simple since there were distinct SSIDs. Wish me luck.