Some APs have "band steering". I'm not sure what's involved. Maybe it's not any more complicated than determining a client should be on 5 gig and kicking it from 2.4 so the device rescans? I'm too lazy to even Google it.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "That One Guy /sarcasm" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 6:02:33 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Dual Band Wifi Routers you would think there would be a two way standard for this where the devices defaultly do whatever the ap says to do unless its specifically configured otherwise in the device On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Ken Hohhof < [email protected] > wrote: I am not an expert, but I think the answer is a qualified yes. Devices will choose a band based on some criteria. Whether it chooses the one with the "best connection" depends. Also, Apple devices seems to prefer 5 GHz over 2.4 no matter what. -----Original Message----- From: Af [mailto: [email protected] ] On Behalf Of Matt Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 3:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AFMUG] Dual Band Wifi Routers If you have a wifi router that supports 5ghz and 2.4ghz bands and you set the essid the same on both will devices(iphones,ipads,roku,game consoles,etc) choose the band with the best connection? -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
