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Re: manual switching from 2.4 to 5.0
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manual switching from 2.4 to 5.0
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?
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Re: manual switching from 2.4 to 5.0
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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
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Re: manual switching from 2.4 to 5.0
You can set the computer wifi adapter to prefer 5GHz.
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Re: manual switching from 2.4 to 5.0
@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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