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How to connect my andraoid phone to 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi of T-Moblie Gateway?
I am using a T-Mobile Gateway as my home Wi-Fi network instead of a regular router. Recently, I tried to connect a smart device (a Wi-Fi dimmer switch) to the network using the Smart Life...
ziliwang wrote:
Following your instructions, I changed the Transmission Mode of the 2.4GHz network from Auto (ax/g) to n/g and saved the changes (see attached screenshot). However, I am still unble to see a separate Wi-Fi connection on my mobile phone or computer. It still appears as a 2.4G/5G connection (see attached). What could be the issue and how can I solve it?
Even though you lowered the transmission mode of the 2.4GHz band, it is still sharing the same WiFi broadcast name as the 5GHz band.
Two separate options:
- Rename the SSID1 name, so it doesn’t share the same broadcast name as the 5GHz band, or ...
- Select SSID2, enable it, and name it differently from the 5GHz band. This will create an additional accessible 2.4GHz band. You may have to lower the transmission and/or encryption protocols for SSID2.
ziliwang wrote:
If you have and like to share your experience on how to connect a mobile phone to the 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi network, it will be appreciated!
The T-Mobile Home Internet gateways use WiFi6 ax protocols, which basically combines both 2.4GHz and 5GHz with a shared WiFi broadcast name.
Sometimes, to connect older devices (that use b/n/g/ac protocols), you may have to split the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands, and/or lower the transmission and encryption protocols.
