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Orbi AC3000 - Amazon Dash Wand does not see 2.4Ghz network
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I have an Orbi AC3000 on FW1.12.0.18. Everything appears stable, with one small issue. Today we purchased an Amazon Dash Wand. This is a small mic device that functions with Amazon Alexa.
The wand operates only on a 2.4 Ghz frequency. The wand is not seeing the Orbi SSID? I can’t confirm if this is due to a single SSID for both 2.4 and 5 Ghz network.
The Wand App never gets to the network authentication screen with Network Name and Password.
Is there a method to confirm the problem and correct the issue?
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The first time I tried to connect the Amazon Dash Wand
the Orbi Access Control was set to NOT ALLOW New Devices.
The Orbi automatically added the wand to a reject list.
So on my second connect attempt
I opened the Access Control from the Web UI. BUT the Wand was still listed on the reject under a random device name. WNC-00-00
Once I opened the Access to add New Devices AND Removed the wand device from the device reject list the Amazon Wand was able to connect to the orbi without any issues.
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Re: Orbi AC3000 - Amazon Dash Wand does not see 2.4Ghz network
I can't spaek to the Wand itself, but I can confirm that I have a few 2.4-only devices (Leeo, printer, Kindle, and an older Amazon Fire tablet) that have all always connected fine and without any hoop-jumping to my Orbi (including this latest Orbi f/w).
Good luck - I hope it works out eventually!
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Re: Orbi AC3000 - Amazon Dash Wand does not see 2.4Ghz network
My wand connected to and was/is working fine on both of the last public firmware releases, FWIW.
Rodney
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Issue Resolved
The first time I tried to connect the Amazon Dash Wand
the Orbi Access Control was set to NOT ALLOW New Devices.
The Orbi automatically added the wand to a reject list.
So on my second connect attempt
I opened the Access Control from the Web UI. BUT the Wand was still listed on the reject under a random device name. WNC-00-00
Once I opened the Access to add New Devices AND Removed the wand device from the device reject list the Amazon Wand was able to connect to the orbi without any issues.
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