How To Connect Your 2.4 GHz Smart Home Device to Mesh Internet 

You absolute legend! Such a simple way around the issue but I’d have never have thought about it. Thank you for making the video and my life easier.

Oh man, you helped me so much!!! Thank you I can direct my robot vacuum cleaner now. I had problem with connection in my cellphone - 5 GHz and can't find anywhere how to exchange to 2.4 GHz. I spent a lot of time looking for any information how to do it - thanks to you I finish it today. All devices are connected and working. THANK YOU !

Thanks so much! Something that seemed over complicated can be such an easy fix.

I had 0 confidence in this. I tried it and IT WORKS. Blown away. Thank you so much!!!!

You saved me! I walked across the street with a 100 foot extension, set up my sockets that only work on 2.4ghz and boom, they connected! Thank you so much, my 7 year old grandson is very happy to have Alexa turn on and off his bedroom light as he's scared to walk into a dark room. Yayy, you are awesome!

I've been stubborn and refused to believe this would work, but can confirm. Worked a charm! Great video thanks!

Thank you so much. It took me a long time to figure out how to do this. Search a lot of video and guide. Just 20 feet of walk away from garage will do the magic. Youre the bosssss. Thanks

Worked Great, I shut off my satellite so I did not have to go as far I then hooked up the Feit outdoor light controllers. Thank you.

Absolute genius! You cracked code!!! Google mesh was the issue. Had to get to the lowest band width. My neighbors think I am nuts. Heck it worked! Thank you!

Awesome video, you just saved me 50 bucks as after hours of trying to figure these lights out I was ready to give up 👍👍

Thanks man, still works today. I was getting pretty frustrated trying to connect my outdoor camera to my Google mesh. Liked and subbed!

Simple fix to the Mesh router problem! Worked perfectly and I was able to get my wife to set up Zmodo cameras at our home in Perth Australia while I am stuck in Singapore due to COVID 19 restrictions.

Thank you so much for your tip!!!! I could not setup my smart door lock as it is on a 2.4 ghz only connection and my phone connects to my google mesh on 5 GHz. This tip got me connected just now! Awesome!!!!

A very good explanation! Other videos usually don’t mention that you have your device in the home in setup mode . Thank you for helping this “dummy” to reconnect to the 2,4g frequency for my smart devices! 👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

This is great! Just switched to Google fiber. Instead of walking down the street I went and crouched in the room farthest away from the router with a few walls in between and I was able to get the final few stubborn devices to connect! Thank you for figuring this out!

Thank you so much for this clear explanation and simple solution! We installed a new mesh wi-fi a week ago, and I couldn't get all our smart plugs to connect to it because of the 5ghz compatability issue. I have lost track of how many hours I have spent trying to find a solution. After watching your video, I was able to get everything connected in a few minutes. You rock!

You are a genius. I have looked everywhere for a simple solution. It worked.

THANK YOU OH MY GOD. Have meshed internet and a couple extenders that I’ve known at least one factor to be the problem...I’ve been trialing and erring to find a workaround to no avail for over a year. FINALLY I now have something that works!!! I’m way too fastidious to have a bulb suddenly disconnect and then randomly refuse to reconnect to not drive me bonkers lol. You’ve made my night sir, thank you!!

I usually dont comment but you definitely deserve it bro you helped me so much i was 3 hours in to it and decided to watch ur vid and it solved my issue THANK YOU

Hey , just wanna say a huge thank you . I bought a light strip last night and no way could i think of how to connect to it as neither of my phones an android and an iPhone would connect .after seeing your video I took a walk back in my field and tried. At first it didn't work a couple times but when i came back in my house and tried once more ,and boom ! it worked! so thanks dude. thanks .

Thank you so much. This works for the Orbi mesh internet. Your a big help.

Worked just like you said setting up my Arlo Video doorbell Fantastic Thank you I was ready for sending it back ! A stroll round the block sorted it!😀

You're my hero bro! I've just been stood in my back garden in a dressing gown after watching this. I can't believe it worked!

Awesome info! Exactly what I needed to learn! Thanks 😊👍👍

Worked great! You are an absolute godsend. It is wonderful how you broke it down so that even the average layman can understand.

THANK YOU!!! like all the posters here, it was your video that finally worked!

After a year of owning a vacuum I couldn't connect to wifi, your tips got me connected to my Rockspace Mesh. Thanks a million!!!!!!!

Bud, I never ever have left a review never. But you killed it, I wish I was your friend.

100% thank you. Bought 4 smart plugs and couldn't figure out how to get my mesh (Google) to switch to 2.4ghz. Your solution worked perfectly. Again, thank you so much.

thank you for the workaround, it worked perfectly. Much appreciated tip!

Dude, thank you soo much

Thank you for posting this problem...I will try it with my smart plug connections

Great process. I didn't get to test it (yet) but was lucky enough to have an extender that runs at 2.4 and linked it to my Mesh, giving me a designated 2.4 signal for legacy devices. But it does seem like a crime that we can't segregate the two signals like we did before MESH.

Thank you from the future..! Your video saved me much time and alcohol.. It took me less time to do this than it took you to make this amazing video..! Thanks again..!

Thank you so much man, I did lot of research to fix my smart plug not connecting to wifi issue and your video did helped me.

You are Awesome !!!! Thank You!! I just bought a new roomba vacuum and we have 5g and it wasn't connecting. My son and I watched your video and my son was able to connect! YAY #happy!

Dude! You saved my life! I’ve been trying to get this figured out for weeks now. I even bought all new lights because I thought the old ones were broken. Turns out, all I had to do was go into my bedroom where one of my mesh transmitters was connected (far enough away to be on 2.4 GHz) and reconnect my phone from there. It was like waving a magic wand. Thanks for posting this.

It worked. I almost throw my smart home devices after my move, but you saved them. Thank you for this tip~!.

i was about to giving up but at the end it worked your idea....thanks

I Cannot say how helpful your understanding of 2.4 and 5.)😃 made me happy. I went into the rear of my basement and the 2.4 setup happened with my FEIT bulbs!

Thank you. Your video was very detailed why more then some others.

This was perfect, thank you!

Dude its been a year since I've had my smart lights connect !!!!! thank you all xb6 and xb7 boxes are Mesh now! from xfinity

Nice job, such a simple fix. I can't wait to try it.

You are a genius! Thank you very much!

Perfect! Worked pretty well, thanks !

Good stuff brother!....thanks much....now I can get my Wifire on Traeger working....

this video is an absolute LIFE SAVER....it worked like a charm. Thanks alot

Maaaan you are the best , I’ve been suffering. Thank you alot

this was the easiest solution i found, works great. thank you

Just bumped to the same problem, great advice ;-)

This definitely works, thanks man!!!

Brilliant!!! It worked like a charm.

Thank you! worked setting up security camera after Eufy suggested I have a friend or neighbor show me how to setup

Thank you so much for making this!!! Game changer

You are awesome. I will go home and connect my Defiant Smart Outdoor from Home Depot to my outdoor light and fountain and report back. Than you for making this Video..

Worked like charm. Thanx

Such a great and simple solution!

ur smart thank you for the loophole

It's 2019, and this fix seems almost goofy, but thank you so much! I will use this method to connect my wifi cams.

Thank you, was very helpful.

Awesome! I was about to return the lights I was trying to add. Instead I just took a walk across my yard!

Excellent, We had to walk halfway down the block but we got our camera paired with Samsung Galaxy. Thank you.

Thanks! This worked except I didn’t want to walk outside, so instead I tried to put my phone in a toaster oven with the door halfway open. The metal shielding was enough to bump it down to 2.4Ghz. I was able to set up the smart plug reaching in to oven to my phone.

Informative and way over my head. I think I’ll just get my son in law to do this for me. Oh, wait, that’s you! Sigh of relief.

Waste my time setting up my wireless camera until i’ve really fed up coz no matter what i do still cannot detect the camera. This video really helps me a lot, thanks a lot bro for sharing this video…Its really worked 👍🏻

Wow awesome, thanks for the idea. It worked

Thank you so much for this video,

absolutely amazing!

Great input, thanks!!!

Totally worked!

This helped so much. So appreciated!!

Very helpful for us technology struggling people

This method worked for me pretty much in my driveway so I didn't have to go far thanks

My problem is it keeps connecting to guest on my mesh network. Great video. I'll have to try this.

THANK YOU! Got it WORKING!!!

Omg thank you so much man worked great

Thankyou, my strip lights wouldn’t connect, this worked

I would just like to say a massive thank you this stopped me messing around with my Wi-fi which I was not sure about and I p probably was going to return the item as it just seems like it was never going to work and it was too much hassle to set up after watching your video it was great followed the steps walked outside managed to get a weak signal tried to program them work straight off thank you very much really appreciate the video. Tom

Man, this advice smart!

works for me. Thank you very much

lol you turned my kitchen lights blue! im trying to set up a wyze camera with my google mesh. i think this is what im gonna have to do.

Thanks for the video 👍

I’m sure going to try this tomorrow thx heaps

This man is a genius!

I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH!!!!!! We have the new modem that will not allow you to change it to 2.4!!! You are so intelligent!! Not even Quantum Fiber Support knows this!

Thank you so much!!!!

I thought the Wi-Fi would automatically switch back to 5.0 ghz. When moved closer to it ? It just stays on the 2.4 ??? didn’t know that . Great video . I hope my router does the same and doesn’t switch back to the 5 ghz band. Why do Wi-Fi wall plugs have to be such a challenge with all the high Tec stuff we have today?

Awesome!! Thanks!

Thanks for your out of the box thinking! I was also a couple hours into the router admin settings and trying to get my plugs to work with the orbi.

Thank you this worked for me

Killer. Thanks, homie.

Thank you!

Genius, thank you sir

Super! Thanks!!!

This was INCREDIBLY helpful!!! After you explained the concept of creating a physical environment to cause the 2.4 GHZ to kick in, I tried a twist on this and staying in the house, went to the furnace/HVAC room in the basement level (Google NEST WIFI router on top level [3rd level], closed the door to the furnace/HVAC soom and sure enough I watched the frequency switch on my phone from 5 GHZ to 2.4 GHZ!!! My question is as follows. I want to connect smart light bulbs, so I can change their on/off schedule while away from the house. Once they are connected on the 2.4 GHZ frequency, will I be able to use the Smart Life App to change their on/off times through whatever internet connection I get while away from the house? Also, once they are connected through the 2.GHZ, would they ever attempt to flip back to the 5 GHZ frequency, thereby not working, since they are placed in a location where the 5GHZ frequency is the active frequency?

Thank you 👍

Thank you! I like the idea of this. However, did you put your items in pairing mode before you left the house? Once you walk back to the house, to set up your devices, won't the phone jump back into 5 Ghz? My devices jump out of pairing mode very quickly. I'm concerned they will be out of pairing mode before I get far enough. Suggestions?

I just used a really old Ipad and it worked like a charm

Thanks 🥰