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cooljet
May 24, 2019Aspirant
RBR50 - How do I force my cell phone to connect at 2.4GHz
I bought wifi bulbs and downloaded related application on cell phone. The basic requirement for vendor's app that cell phone need to connected on 2.4GHz but my phone is always connected on 5.2GHz. Ho...
CrimpOn
May 26, 2019Guru - Experienced User
On the Orbi Administrative web site, select the Advanced Tab->Advanced Setup->Wireless Settings. There is one section for 2.4G and one section for 5G. On the 5G section, unclick "Enable SSID Broadcast", which means "do not broadcast a WiFi name on 5G." When a device looks for possible connections, the only connection broadcasting the Orbi WiFi SSID will be 2.4G.
cooljet
May 26, 2019Aspirant
Thank you very much. See advance setting options and not sure how to turn off 5.2Ghz from here. Obri does not give of two options.
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