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Force use of 2.4ghz
I am using the EX8000 to reach a summerhouse in the garden some 80 yards away. If my android phone or windows laptop are on 2.4ghz the signal reaches fine. But, they default to connecting using 5ghz a...
Aitku wrote:
I am using the EX8000 to reach a summerhouse in the garden some 80 yards away. If my android phone or windows laptop are on 2.4ghz the signal reaches fine. But, they default to connecting using 5ghz and that doesn't reach yet they don't seem to automatically switch to 2.4ghz. What's the best and easiest way to switch them to 2.4ghz so I get a reliable signal there please?Do I understand correctly that the summerhouse is 80 yards away from the EX8000?
(i.e. the EX8000 is not located in the summerhouse)
My phone often does not switch automatically so I open the phone Network controls, turn WiFi off and back on again, and it connects.
Can you try that?
I've solved the issue. I placed my previous BT Smart Hub 1 at an upstairs window so that it only passes through the window glass and one maple tree on the 80 yards to the summerhouse. This is linked through Powerline adaptors back to the main BT Smart Hub 2. The Netgear is in the summerhouse and links to the BT Smart Hub 1 in the house over the 80 yards on 5ghz achieving some 45mbps. So, enough to stream Zoom or video. That's only a couple of mbps less than my mobile achieves right next to the BT Smart Hub 1 so if my house wiring was better it might even be quicker. The BT signal at the main Smart Hub 2 achieves 148mbps