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Band steer remotely
I have my Home 5G set up on my network with the auto band steer set up 5GHZ/2.4GHz. it seems the best way for me for running my network. Is there any way to force the network to 2.4Ghz when it is in 5GHz mode without adding a 2nd network?
I tried two separate networks but my smart devices kept dropping out. I set up the router as one network and adding the smart devices and all was fine for a bit but when I had to reconnect another device I kept getting the "you must be in 2.4GHz mode to proceed.
Any thoughts and thanks beforehand
I would do it slightly differently. Leave your "auto band steer" network just as it is. DO create a second 2.4 GHz network, with security downgraded to WPA/WPA2. Use that network for only the "problem" devices. That way, those devices shouldn't impact the primary network, and your devices that work well on 5 GHz should continue to work well, and will be more secure with WPA2/WPA3.
I would do it slightly differently. Leave your "auto band steer" network just as it is. DO create a second 2.4 GHz network, with security downgraded to WPA/WPA2. Use that network for only the "problem" devices. That way, those devices shouldn't impact the primary network, and your devices that work well on 5 GHz should continue to work well, and will be more secure with WPA2/WPA3.
copz1998 If I change the security then my phone won’t connect.
nc1037 My problem device is a printer. If I add the 2nd network for that then it can't talk to my computers on the other network.
If I type the gateway address from my laptop, I only get basic info. Does anyone know how to get to the internal settings?
Please try it. I have a printer connected to my 2.4 GHz network, and my laptop which is connected to the primary network can print. 🤞
