My computer automaticly selects 2.4 G and that is so overloaded that I am only getting 10MBPS yet on my other computer using 5.0G I get 300MBPS. How can I get devices to switch to 5G manually?

From This Post: 1. Enable Telnet on http://192.168.1.1/debug.htm 2. Open Terminal (or whatever your command line app is) and enter: telnet 192.168.1.1 3. After you're connected enter the following 3 commands, pressing Return after each one: config set wla_ssid="Whatever You Want to Call Your 5 GHz Network" config commit reboot 4. Disable Telnet on http://192.168.1.1/debug.htm

You can set the computer wifi adapter to prefer 5GHz.

ekhalil wrote: You can set the computer wifi adapter to prefer 5GHz. It's only the client that can choose which band to connect to in a single SSID. In My Windows Computer, in the Wireless Adapter Settings, I have the following: I did not see similar settings in my MacBook.

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OrbiPhilip
Luminary
Nov 19, 2018
From This Post:

1. Enable Telnet on http://192.168.1.1/debug.htm

2. Open Terminal (or whatever your command line app is) and enter:

telnet 192.168.1.1

3. After you're connected enter the following 3 commands, pressing Return after each one:

config set wla_ssid="Whatever You Want to Call Your 5 GHz Network" config commit reboot

4. Disable Telnet on http://192.168.1.1/debug.htm
ekhalil
Master
Nov 19, 2018
You can set the computer wifi adapter to prefer 5GHz.
- ekhalil
  Master
  Nov 20, 2018
  ekhalil wrote:
  
  You can set the computer wifi adapter to prefer 5GHz.
  
  It's only the client that can choose which band to connect to in a single SSID.
  
  In My Windows Computer, in the Wireless Adapter Settings, I have the following:
  
  I did not see similar settings in my MacBook.

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