By the way this is called band steering. Modern routers support this and I agree, make everything one single SSID.
> On Aug 25, 2017, at 11:06 PM, E.T. <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Tim, I understand now. I just made the change in the router and will > monitor things. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > "God for you is where you sweep away all the > mysteries of the world, all the challenges to > our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off > and say God did it." --Carl Sagan > E-mail: [email protected] > > On 8/25/2017 4:29 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >> ET, >> >> Normally, your device will choose the 5 GHz band if it is a strong enough >> signal. Otherwise, it will grab the 2.4 GHz one. When they have the same >> name, as Simon mentioned, your device decides. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Aug 25, 2017, at 16:42, E.T. <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Simon, >> Might do that. Are there cases where a device may not like one or the other >> band? >> >> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >> "God for you is where you sweep away all the >> mysteries of the world, all the challenges to >> our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off >> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan >> E-mail: [email protected] >> >> On 8/25/2017 3:23 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: >>> Hi ET, >>> >>> I know every one is different but I always tell people to make both 2.4 and >>> 5 the same name so that it's the device that makes the choice. >>> >>> >>> This caused a few arguments recently at work because we are meant to be >>> telling people to only connect to 5GHz bands due to our system being >>> unstable >>> However not all devices have been switched to multy frequency capable >>> devices. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of E.T. >>> Sent: Friday, 25 August 2017 4:35 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Wifi Behavior >>> >>> The SSID for the 5g has 5g in its name so I know which is active. >>> The ponly reason I knew it was changing bands was that my printer is not >>> connected to the 5g band and its not easy to change it on the printer. >>> >>> But it was fixed with a router update which I carried out yesterday. >>> >>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >>> "God for you is where you sweep away all the >>> mysteries of the world, all the challenges to >>> our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off >>> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan >>> E-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> On 8/24/2017 7:12 AM, Scott Granados wrote: >>>> Use different SSIDs for 5 ghz and 2.4 ghz that way you join one or the >>>> other. Else use one SSID and let it band steer to the frequency it wants >>>> because that’s usually a change do to conditions and signal strength etc. >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Aug 23, 2017, at 1:09 PM, E.T. <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> My Nighthawk AC1900 which supports 5g hss been commenting either to 5g or >>>>> the non 5g channel on the Mac and Windows. What can I do to keep it on >>>>> one or the other? >>>>> >>>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >>>>> "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the >>>>> world, all the challenges to our intelligence. 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