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tahoegrl's avatar
tahoegrl
Aspirant
Apr 09, 2019

network

How do i see if my network on my router is 2.4 or 5 and if so, how do i change it.

My camera won't connect and says it has to be a 2.4 network

5 Replies

  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Apr 09, 2019

    What model router do you have? NetGear?

    tahoegrl wrote:

    How do i see if my network on my router is 2.4 or 5 and if so, how do i change it.

    My camera won't connect and says it has to be a 2.4 network

     

    • tahoegrl's avatar
      tahoegrl
      Aspirant
      Apr 11, 2019

      Yes it's a netgear. I actually got it to download but I don't think

      my router is big enough. What are some of the larger routers that

      netgear carries? I have 4 or 5 different things hooked up to wife and

      the signal probably isn't enough

  • schumaku's avatar
    schumaku
    Guru - Experienced User
    Apr 09, 2019

    A camera only supporting the 2.4 GHz can only connect to the 2.4 GHz router/access point - so son't worry, it won't connect to another band radio ... even if the installation Apps tell you something different.

     

    The problem are junk installation programs, where the designers and makers in the year still don't understand that the wired LAN, the 2.4 GHz (802.11n/ax), the 5 GHz (802.11ac/802.11ax), the coming up 6 GHz, the long established bit not popular 60 GHz 802.1ad and soon 802.11ay all work and connect into the same layer 2 network.

     

    Please provide details (brand, model numbers) of these cameras, so people don't buy that ****.