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Steve001
Guide
Apr 06, 2018

RBR50 - Connecting a device to 2.4GHz only

How can I make sure that a device I'm pairing with my Orbi Router (RBR50) is only connecting to the 2.4 GHz Network (not the 5)? (This device needs to be paired with the 2.4 GHz wifi.) Thanks, Ste...
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Steve001's avatar
Steve001
Guide
Apr 06, 2018

Thanks, I'll read that link.

So what you're saying is that the Orbi should automatically link to 2.4 GHz, if the device can only see 2.4 GHz?  In other words, the Orbi won't continually try to push the 5 GHz connection to that device?

FURRYe38's avatar
FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 06, 2018
Correct. If client devices don’t support 5ghz, the device would not connect to that radio.
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    st_shaw
    Master
    Apr 06, 2018
    FURRYe38 wrote:
    Correct. If client devices don’t support 5ghz, the device would not connect to that radio.

    This is true.  However, I believe there are some devices that only talk 2.4 GHz which require setup from a phone or tablet, and that setup will not work unless the phone or tablet is also connected to 2.4 GHz.  The link I posted would help in that scenario.

    • FURRYe38's avatar
      FURRYe38
      Guru - Experienced User
      Apr 06, 2018
      I presume it should. Also should be able to connect any 2.4ghz device to the system without having to modify the Wi-Fi behavior. Hope it works at any rate.
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        Steve001
        Guide
        Apr 14, 2018

        Thanks for the ideas, but it didn't work for me.

        I read the link and tried implementing the idea a few times.  I couldn't make it work.  One problem was getting into the Telnet address (portal) that was listed.  That never worked for me.  I suspect if I did a re-set on my Orbi router, then it might work (basically starting over again), but I didn't want to take a chance on doing that (since the router is working fine now, except for connecting to the 2.4 GHz camera).

        I also tried a few other ideas that didn't work, like looking into the Basic and Advanced settings (online) to see if I could find a 2.4 GHz ID.  I even changed some of the settings so that I thought I turned off the 5 GHz setting, but that didn't help.

        Netgear should make it easier to select either a 5 or 2.4 GHz setting for devices.

        Once again, thanks for your help.