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Re: Wireless connection 2.4 or 5 GHz

From	Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject	Re: Wireless connection 2.4 or 5 GHz
Date	2025-05-10 16:17 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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VanguardLH wrote:
> Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
> 
>> I've noticed the following from my router hub.
>> All Windows10 desktops connect at 2.4GHz
>> android phone 2.4Ghz
>> Win11 laptop at 5Ghz
>> iPads and AppleTV at 5GHz
>> Sonos speakers at 5GHz
>>
>> Google tells me this:
>> "Connecting at 2.4 GHz is often preferred for its longer range and
>> ability to penetrate walls, making it suitable for devices in larger
>> homes or those further away from the router. While slower than 5 GHz,
>> 2.4 GHz provides a more reliable and consistent connection, especially
>> in areas with many obstacles".
>>
>> However, I've read that some routers can't pair devices connected on
>> different GHz frequencies. Are there any well known examples of this
>> incompatibility?
> 
> 2.4 GHz: longer range, slower bandwidth
>    5 GHz: shorter range, faster bandwidth
>    
> Incompatibility is whether your device (e.g., router) supports 5 GHz, or
> not.  Been a long time since I saw a wifi router that didn't have 5 GHz.
> Pairing at the router depends on which frequencies the router supports.
> You will have to read the manual, or lookup online specs, on your router
> to know which freqs it supports.  Each freq will have a different SSID,
> and can have a different passphrase, so the devices will have to use the
> same SSID and passphrase to whichever freq they want to use at the
> router to match what the device supports.
> 
> Some devices only have 2.4 GHz, so that's all you get for pairing to the
> router.  I have security web cams that only do 2.4 GHz, so they have to
> use 2.4 GHz to the wifi router.  My Android phone does both 2.4 GHz and
> 5 GHz, and it easily connects to my wifi router using 5 GHz throughout
> my home, so I use 5 GHz for faster bandwidth between phone and router.
> 
> Was there an issue with your wifi devices and wifi router?

No known issue, apart from my curiosity.
My router works OK with all the devices.

Ed

Thread

Wireless connection 2.4 or 5 GHz Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-05-10 12:59 +0100
  Re: Wireless connection 2.4 or 5 GHz VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-05-10 07:45 -0500
    Re: Wireless connection 2.4 or 5 GHz Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-05-10 16:17 +0100
  Re: Wireless connection 2.4 or 5 GHz Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-05-10 13:29 +0000
    Re: Wireless connection 2.4 or 5 GHz Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-05-10 14:13 -0400
      Re: Wireless connection 2.4 or 5 GHz Peter Johnson <peter@parksidewood.nospam> - 2025-05-11 13:33 +0100
    Re: Wireless connection 2.4 or 5 GHz Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-05-12 13:45 +0000
      Re: Wireless connection 2.4 or 5 GHz Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-05-13 06:58 +0000
  Re: Wireless connection 2.4 or 5 GHz Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-05-10 12:22 -0400
  Re: Wireless connection 2.4 or 5 GHz "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-05-10 20:30 +0200
    Re: Wireless connection 2.4 or 5 GHz Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-05-10 19:52 -0500
      Re: Wireless connection 2.4 or 5 GHz Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> - 2025-05-10 19:25 -0600
  Re: Wireless connection 2.4 or 5 GHz Howard <Howard@Home.com> - 2025-05-11 07:37 -0400
    Re: Wireless connection 2.4 or 5 GHz "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-05-11 15:31 +0200
      Re: Wireless connection 2.4 or 5 GHz Peter Johnson <peter@parksidewood.nospam> - 2025-05-12 17:27 +0100
        Re: Wireless connection 2.4 or 5 GHz Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-05-12 16:35 -0400

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