Hi Neil That is the extent of my limited understanding, I don't think your modem speed is an issue here just the wireless transmission aspect. So, as you said, fixed and close 5 and outside 2.4.
Brian Risbey 🌊🏊 On 8 Feb 2017, at 20:24, Neil Houghton <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Brian, Thanks for that feedback. So might it be better to connect to the 5GHz network for the computers (fixed location & better speed) and to connect to the 2.4GHz network for mobile devices - phones and iPads - for better roaming round the house/garden and also to share bandwidth between the 2 networks - or is the modem speed/bandwidth the limiting factor there ? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [email protected] > on 8/2/17 16:53, Brian RISBEY at [email protected] wrote: > > Hi Neil It sounds like my work set up. 2.4 had better range/ distance but > slower connection speed while 5 was a faster connection but with a reduced > range. So a compromise distance or speed. Brian Risbey 🌊🏊 On 8 Feb 2017, > at 15:11, Neil Houghton <[email protected]> wrote: Hi all, As a result of > changing internet plan, I scored a new modem. It creates 2 wireless networks - > one on 2.4GHz and one on 5GHz. Both appear to work just fine so I used the > option click on the wireless menu-bar icon to see what differences were > apparent. Report as follows: 2.4GHz network: RSSI: -68 Transmit rate: 117 MCS > Index: 14 5GHz network: RSSI: -70 Transmit rate: 162 MCS Index: 12 I'm not > sure what that all means ;o) I understand transmit rate - which would seem > to suggest that the 5GHZ at 162 is performing slightly better than the 2.4GHz > at 117 ?? Are the other figure significant? Are there other factors to > consider when choosing which network to use? TIA Cheers Neil -- Neil > R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: > [email protected] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives > - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe > - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh > User Group Mailing List -- Archives - > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe > - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
