Force a device to connect to 2.4Ghz wifi only

[blasteranster]

Is it possible to force a device to connect to the 2.4Ghz wifi channel without giving the 2.4 and 5Ghz channels different SSID names? Worcester Bosch Wave thermostat loses connection when running dual band.

[cookiemonsteruk]

@blasteranster 

For the black sky hubs read below on seperating the wifi into 2 ssids.  For the white sky max toggle on down to temporarily disable 5ghz

https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Broadband-Talk/How-to-separate-WiFi-bands/ba-p/3530610

[blasteranster]

I already stated I don't want to split the channels

[cookiemonsteruk]

@blasteranster 

What colour hub do you have

You can just temporarily disable 5ghz on the black sky hubs as well. 

[blasteranster]

That doesn't work as when the thermostat loses connection either from Worcester Bosch issues which they have a lot or a power cut it doesn't re connect after turning the 5ghz back on. Not much good if away from home and you need to use the app. It is a black sr203 hub

[FLC]

@blasteranster 

The only realistic option would be to add a wireless extender of your choice with a separate SSID running 2.4GHz only.

[blasteranster]

You mean 2.4ghz only lol

[FLC]

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@blasteranster wrote:

You mean 2.4ghz only lol

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That's exactly what I said?

Well it does now! 😉