Robotic vacuum cleaner in the Asus BT8 IoT system

[2301]

Current situation:
I have three Asus XT9 devices, one router and two nodes. The 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi is only enabled on the router as this can fully cover the RoboVac.
I don't have anything else connected to this band. As the XT9s do not have IoT functionality, thinking to replace the router with a BT8 and keep the two XT9s as nodes.
The question is:
When I create a separate IoT network on the BT8, how can I control the vacuum cleaner using an iPhone/iPad that exclusively connects to the 5 GHz band with a different SSID to the 2.4 GHz band?

 

[Poul Bak]

They will be on the same network so no problem, it's not related to band (2.4GHhz/5Ghz) at all. Bands are only related to how the devices connect to that network.

 

[Tech9]

thinking to replace the router with a BT8

Don't waste your time and money. Just connect the vacuum cleaner to the main network like perhaps 95% of people using it do.

They will be on the same network

No, IoT network on newer devices will be on a different subnet isolated from the main network. This is the purpose of it after all.

 

[2301]

The RoboVac is far east..,

 

[Tech9]

Just like your Asus router..,

 

[2301]

less easter!

 

[Poul Bak]

No, IoT network on newer devices will be on a different subnet isolated from the main network. This is the purpose of it after all.

Even in that case devices on the main network can access devices on the IOT network, just not the other way around.

 

[2301]

Well, quite different opinions on topic...

 

[Poul Bak]

Well, quite different opinions on topic...

I didn't notice the 'separate network' in your post, sorry, so my first answer is obviously wrong.

Even in that case devices on the main network can access devices on the IOT network, just not the other way around.

However this is still true (it works that way on my IOT network, which uses 2.4 GHz). Devices on the main 5Ghz network CAN access those, but those devices can not access the main network devices.