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ChuckieCheese
Jan 28, 2017Luminary
Orbi: We really need separate SSID for 2.4 Ghz and 5Ghz or speed is limited to less than 200 Mbps
TLDR: With Orbi, my 5Ghz capable devices are "forced" to connect to 2.4 Ghz most of the time, slowing down speed. Tested against 3 different routers and my 5Ghz capable can connect to 5Ghz network al...
ChuckieCheese
Jan 30, 2017Luminary
whsbuss-1 wrote:I hope you realize that even with separate SSIDs for 2.4 and 5G does not guarantee a better network.
For me, it does as the objective is to consistently connect to 5 Ghz to obtain higher speed that it is possible with 2.4 Ghz only.
whsbuss-1
Jan 30, 2017Apprentice
ChuckieCheese wrote:
whsbuss-1 wrote:I hope you realize that even with separate SSIDs for 2.4 and 5G does not guarantee a better network.
For me, it does as the objective is to consistently connect to 5 Ghz to obtain higher speed that it is possible with 2.4 Ghz only.
Not to be-labor the point, but higher connectivity speed (5G potential for 160mHz bandwidth) still does not guarantee you will realize it. Hope you find something that works for you (finished commenting on this).
- mgdurand1Aug 03, 2017LuminaryAs an example, some device manufacturers are reporting that their devices get "confused" by the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands on the same SSID. Ring, for example, has told me that their video doorbells and cams only run at 2.4, and that there is intermittent performance with the mesh and Orbi-type routers. I have been able to stop the SSIS broadcast for the 5GHz band, and not sure why but my Ring video performance is better. Hope that Netgear does implement separate SSIDs for 2.4 and 5 GHz, but not even sure if that is poiisble.
- Jryan619Aug 03, 2017StarI solved my issues, so I am very happy. Our house is shaped like a giant U, and the places that eat Wifi are the legs of each U, with a thick stone wall on each side to discourage wifi. The cable comes from one end, and than is split and split through the rest of the house. Eventually I will pull it. I tried Velop and Orbi, both powerful and impressive, and for any one else I would endorse. I had to take back, I would have needed 4 or five in a line of sight line and spent $1000. My solution, and it works great, is I bought a 3 pack of google wireless for $259 on sale at frys, and than I bought two new ones out of a three pack off of Craigslist for $100. Now I have 5, two in each straight part of the U, and one on the curve. Everything is line of site and I have full coverage in every corner. All my devices say over 200 from their app , but the one computer hard wired says 370 (we pay for 300) and the computer at the end, which is Ethernet off the LAN of the fifth pod gets avereage 320, and that's an older desk top my mother in law has had for 8 years. I am happy 4kuhd has no problems