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Unable to create 2.4 SSID because Mac no longer has telnet
My Orbi has been up and running for a few years with just one SSID. I have a situation where I need to create a 2.4ghz SSID, however newer Mac OS no longer includes Telnet to allow me to continue th...
There are probably many ways to install telnet on Macs. Here is the first link I found:
http://osxdaily.com/2018/07/18/get-telnet-macos/
If it's not too personal, could you please identify the reason behind needing to create a separate SSID for the 2.4G WiFi network. If it is to install a specific product, people on the forum may have found a way to do that. There is a concern that since it is not officially supported, Netgear may eventually take away the "hack" of splitting SSID's.
I'm working with Nest support for my cameras. The cameras can do 5ghz and 2.4ghz. The notifications of, example, a person coming to the front door are slow in arriving. The suspicion from some wifi scanner screenshots is that the 5ghz channels are croweded, while the 2.4gz is not as crowded. By creating a 2.4ghz ssid we should be able to force the cameras to that ssid and then test the response. If the notification response was more like it should be then we'd possibly want to have the cameras stay on 2.4ghz.
mrhoni wrote:I'm working with Nest support for my cameras. The cameras can do 5ghz and 2.4ghz. The notifications of, example, a person coming to the front door are slow in arriving. The suspicion from some wifi scanner screenshots is that the 5ghz channels are crowded, while the 2.4gz is not as crowded. By creating a 2.4ghz ssid we should be able to force the cameras to that ssid and then test the response. If the notification response was more like it should be then we'd possibly want to have the cameras stay on 2.4ghz.
Are you able to "live view" the Nest cameras? It would seem to me that if the 5G channel is so impacted that an alert message cannot get through, then live video should be horribly impacted, since even one second of live view is many (many) times more data than an alert.
You could try one work-around first: temporarily disable the SSID broadcast on the 5G channel, then reconfigure the Nest (erase the Orbi WiFi name, search for WiFi, discover "look, there's my Orbi", and connect.) Many devices will connect to the 2.4G WiFi channel and remain there. Then, reenable the 5G broadcast.
I think we have lots of people with Nest cameras on Orbi. Might search the forum for comments. (Search box in upper left of page.)
It's a pretty simple test and doesn't require loading up software, hacking at the Orbi, etc.
Anyway, good luck!
- I tried that but did not work. I disabled the broadcast but to change the Nest WiFi you use your phone. I forgot the orbi network on the phone then using Nest app I go to select the WiFi network. Orbi was the choice. Camera was still on 5ghz. Probably because Nest can use both 5 and 2.4ghz, just like the iPhone can.
mrhoni wrote:
I tried that but did not work. I disabled the broadcast but to change the Nest WiFi you use your phone. I forgot the orbi network on the phone then using Nest app I go to select the WiFi network. Orbi was the choice. Camera was still on 5ghz. Probably because Nest can use both 5 and 2.4ghz, just like the iPhone can.If the Nest needs to connect at 2.4G, it is the Nest that has to "forget" the Orbi SSID - while the Orbi is not broadcasting SSID on 5G. Did you have to input the Orbi password again on the Nest?
I have some security cameras with PIR sensors (not Nest), and a common complaint is that they are slow to recognize "motion" when it is coming straight at the camera. Much faster when the motion is going "across" the field of view.