Frequency issue smart hub 2

[licquorice]

@HHGTTG You can turn it off but you can't give it a different SSID.

[licquorice]

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@TJcolt wrote:

All devices need to be on same network as far as I'm aware. 

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All devices will be on the same network regardless of whether connected via Ethernet, 2.5Ghz wifi or 5Ghz wifi.

Perhaps if you were to answer some  of the questions posed we might be able to help further.

[HHGTTG]

Can one change the SSID then so that it applies to both bands?

[licquorice]

Of course

[TJcolt]

I've been advised the bands need to be separated. I assumed I could turn 5.0 Ghz off. Is that not the same thing? 

[licquorice]

Separating the bands means giving each band a different SSID, this is not possible with the SH2. Turning off the 5Ghz band will have the same effect.

[Les-Gibson]

According to HP+ printer setup (HP Smart app) | HP® Customer Support it would seem that the HP+ app isn't doing it's job as it's supposed to so it might be worth contacting them about the issue

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[Crimliar]

HP have broken the app and drivers for some of their printers on several occasions over the last few years.

If you only want to connect to the printer on a single band, you can turn the band you don't want off on the printer.  It's still not going to stop the auto-off after 2 hours of inactivity as that's a feature. 🤣

My SmartTank 550 plus is the best and the worst printer I've ever owned!  4-5 years since buying it, I'm still using the Black ink that was supplied with it after some 14,000 pages, and I've only just broken into a replacement set of coloured ink bottles, but I did have to replace the heads!