auto switching to 2.4ghz when very close to router - why? RBR40

I have an Oculus Quest which can stream contents from my PC, but ONLY via 5ghz. For some reason the wifi keeps randomly switching between 5ghz and 2.4ghz, even though I am standing 10-15 feet from t...

OculusQuestFan
Oct 03, 2019
Thanks for the replies.

Sure, they might ask that question but since there is no way for me to modify the firmware of the Oculus Quest, it is pointless and submitting a ticket to facebook support will probably go nowhere.

What I can control (if netgear would let me) is seperating the ssids, which would solve the issue easily.

My first solution of disabling the 2.4ghz broadcast fixed the problem, but broke the couple of devices I have that only work on 2.4ghz.

My current solution is sideloading this app via sidequest: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.seah0rse.swififree&hl=en_US

So far it's working great but not an ideal solution.

OculusQuestFan

Aspirant

Oct 04, 2019

Thanks furry, yes I did try setting the power of 2.4ghz to 25% and it still switched some. I'm hoping Oculus will fix it in the future as mesh networks become more common. A "force 5ghz" checkbox is all it would take as that is essentially what the swifi app does. Thanks again for the help and I guess for now I am good to go.

FURRYe38

Guru - Experienced User

Oct 04, 2019

Sounds like the device Mfr should do some tuning on there devices to work better with Smart Connect enabled wifi systems. Hopefully they will.

Enjoy. :smileywink:

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auto switching to 2.4ghz when very close to router - why? RBR40