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Orbi mesh want 5Ghz only
I purchased an Orbi mesh system (RBK50 which comes with one satellite and one router). It works brilliantly when my devices are on 5GHz and I get my full internet speed. Sometimes, however, my devi...
Thanks a lot once again. I tried doing that and disabling 2.4Ghz and then forgetting the network. Unfortunately, some of the devices reverted back to 2.4Ghz once connected back to Orbi. However, I realised my wireless printer was in same room as orbi router and was broadcasting WiFi direct at 5ghz as well. Disabled that and now most devices on 5Ghz, although one laptop and mobile on the first floor are still on 2.4Ghz.
I take your point about not just looking at raw speed but also at the connection and if the devices are working which is a good point. At the moment in my household I have no 2.4Ghz devices so by disabling the 2.4Ghz radio wouldn't be a problem for me. Would be good it Netgear could add the option in a firmware update or allow you to split the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands.
I take your point about not just looking at raw speed but also at the connection and if the devices are working which is a good point. At the moment in my household I have no 2.4Ghz devices so by disabling the 2.4Ghz radio wouldn't be a problem for me. Would be good it Netgear could add the option in a firmware update or allow you to split the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands.
You can try Voxels FW for Orbi:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Voxels-FW-available-for-50-series-Orbi-only-available/m-p/1883615#
You can revert back to stock FW if it doesn't work out for you.
mun_96 wrote:
Thanks a lot once again. I tried doing that and disabling 2.4Ghz and then forgetting the network. Unfortunately, some of the devices reverted back to 2.4Ghz once connected back to Orbi. However, I realised my wireless printer was in same room as orbi router and was broadcasting WiFi direct at 5ghz as well. Disabled that and now most devices on 5Ghz, although one laptop and mobile on the first floor are still on 2.4Ghz.
I take your point about not just looking at raw speed but also at the connection and if the devices are working which is a good point. At the moment in my household I have no 2.4Ghz devices so by disabling the 2.4Ghz radio wouldn't be a problem for me. Would be good it Netgear could add the option in a firmware update or allow you to split the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands.
FURRYe38 Thanks a lot for that suggestion using Telnet client to manually separate the SSIDs, its very kind of you linking it here. Will give it a go, although the guy who posted how to do it it has even said he does not really recommend it for some reason, perhaps may mean you do not receive future firmware updates etc automatically. Anyhow, is there any way we can suggest to Netgear to consider adding this setting to their own UI in a future update? Almost all routers allow you to do this from their native UI interfaces but the Orbi Mesh system does not have this setting to split SSIDs according to bands (or the setting to disable the 2.4GHZ band) for somer reason. Would be helpful if we can get the message to Netgear across.
I would load Voxels FW first if you want separate SSIDs.
Orbi MESH is different from other non MESH routers. Smart Connect is the feature that uses and configures 1 SSID. On non MESH routers this is easily more configurable and can be disable more readily for troubleshooting for user configurations and the system only has 2 or 3 radios. With wireless MESH systems, there is more to it then just disabling of SSIDs and separation. Theres backhaul and system status that has to be in operation and other complex items that by design works as intended. I presume NG doesn't want to support anything else which is why users have complained about this over the years and have been met with mostly crikets from NG. It's still not even supported on the newer Orbi AX system.
NG has relented some and implemented the disabling of the SSID broadcasts which have helped get users IoT devices connected on Orbi AC. W'eve asked for the same to come to Orbi AX. This is all that we've seen from NG regarding this. Otherwise, users have gone the telnet route for there configurations needs. Which again, isn't officially supported by NG. So thats use as you see fit and at your own risk..You can post here and see if NG will do anything:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Idea-Exchange-For-Home/idb-p/idea-exchange-for-home
You'll probably already find requests about this though.