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How do I connect to my 5Ghz Network with my LAN?
So I'm going to preface this with a note that I believe I have some idea of what's going on but I could actually have no idea whats going on and make no sense. So be prepared for that. I have a WND...
- If you are setting up a WiFi capable router (as you are) using a computer that has no WiFi capability but is connected by the router via Ethernet, then you can ignore the wireless setup of the router. However if you expect that at some time other computers that are WiFi capable might want to connect to the router then you should still set up the router wireless settings, you should set the SSID (network name) and encryption for both bands (2.4GHz and 5GHz). If you don’t plan to use the router WiFi at all, you can disable both bands so that the router will not transmit any WiFi signals at all and will only use wired connections (Ethernet cable).
Now if you’re connected via Ethernet (wired connection) then the router will automatically pick the highest bandwidth speed.
Alright. So it doesn't matter which network I'm on then? The router will give me the fastest internet automatically? Because that's kind of the end goal here. If the 2.4 is going to be the best then that's fine.
Thanks for taking the time to write the rest of that, by the way. Unfortunately none of it really applies because there's no WiFi being used on my computer.
Yes Andy that's correct.