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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:My T-Mobile Gateway model is 5G21-12W-A. After enterring into the getaway via 192.168.12.1, the screen show as the attached screenshot. There is no Separate Network option. How can I do in this case?
You have the Nokia gateway.
El Nokia Users Guide, page 22, gives you the options on the gateway network side.
To separate the 2.4GHz band from the 5GHz band, you change the transmission mode of the 2.4GHz SSID1 band from ax/g to n/g. This gets the 2.4GHz band out of WiFi6 mode. You may also need to lower the encryption, if the device still does not connect to the gateway.
