Cox router connect to device on 802.11b?

Hi Michael, thank you for the reply. I can certainly provide more details but I think if the answer to the question, "can the Cox panoramic Wi-Fi router connect on 802.11b?" is "no" then no further explanation (or frustration) would be needed.  :-/ The challenge is in the router not in the device. 

More details:

I am trying to connect a Fitbit Aria scale (gen 1) that specifically states it requires 802.11b protocol. From what I can determine on the Cox site, the router comes out of the box ready with a and c protocols. So I am trying to determine if it is possible to reconfigure the modem somehow so that it will connect to my device? 

Appreciate your feedback. :-)

I read some customers' requests for help and this is an odd device.  I recommend researching a solution on the Aria Forum.

Note:  The Panoramic supports 802.11ac...not a and c.

community.fitbit.com/.../aria

Try these procedures:

help.fitbit.com/.../1873.htm

Thank for the helpful link, but as you can see this just brings me back around to my original problem. The device requires 802.11b. My device connected and worked flawlessly with my old service provider and old router. Since moving to Cox and the panoramic router I have not succeeded in setting it up. All I know is that the router is required to have 802.11b and it seems that it is currently not set up that way. I fully recognize my ignorance (and don't know What any of this is, a, b, or c) but I find it really difficult to believe that Cox would completely eliminate the possibility of a router connecting with an entire class of devices that requires this frequency. Under that assumption, I believe there must be a way to reconfigure the router so that it will connect to my device. Surely there is a technician at Cox who could help me with this, I am absolutely befuddled as to why they refuse. :-\.  /rant

Thank you all for the suggestions. 

I understand why Aria uses the term 802.11b; however, I don't understand why Aria uses the term 802.11b.  Make sense?

There are many versions of the 802.11 standard from a to bb.  Some versions started a standard, some improved a standard, some combined standards and some predicted a standard.  Out of all these standards, however, 802.11b was the first to use the 2.4 GHz frequency.

So, I understand why Aria uses the term "802.11b" because out of all the standards nowadays (802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac, 802.11ax), Aria absolutely requires the 802.11b.  However, 802.11b, in this sense, is more of a retronym to refer to the 2.4 GHz frequency.  What Aria means is it absolutely requires the 2.4 GHz frequency.

Aria doesn't mean it must use an 802.11b router.  This would be silly because 802.11b routers are limited to 11 Mbps and the very old, very ineffective WEP security.  Moreover, 802.11i standardized WPA and WPA2 so Aria obviously requires a more advanced router.

However, 802.11b was the first to use 2.4 GHz.  802.11b means 2.4 GHz.  Aria uses 2.4 GHz.  Most modern routers still support 2.4 GHz.

You noted Aria worked flawlessly with your old router.  If your old router supported 2.4 GHz, Aria should have worked.

As I mentioned below, I think there's a limitation with Panoramic connecting to older 2.4 GHz devices, and it may be an issue with channel width.  Therefore, if you want Aria to work on your network, stop renting Panoramic and buy your own router.  I don't understand how this router could create so many problems.  It's like anti-functionality.

years ago i used ch11 on the linksys combo router. could hide ssid but didn't have a smart phone, that's when hiding ssid wouldn't connect to the phone..

thanks for the explanation but using the laptop once a week with old router isn't killing me!.

Explanation wuz for OP.

i knew that, as you're aware, i have the same issues of "no connect with older device" with 2.4 enabled on pano unit......+ thought it might help the op!