R7000 - Can I turn off the 5G band?

[mediaman09]

I own the R7000, but currently do not have any 5G(802.1ac) devices so I assume there is currently no advantage for this band for me at this moment. Correct?

Is there a way to runs off the 5G band on the R7000??

All I see is the option to disable SSID broadcast, but I dont see an explicitly radio on/off selection.

[mediaman09 · Accepted solution]

Ahh found it under Advanced Settings. Was looking under the Advanced tab. Minor item they should address - poor UI to have two different sections both called Advanced.

[jmizoguchi]

Correct . AC only uses 5Ghz

Have you look advance wireless section? Usually able to disable it

[mediaman09 · Accepted solution]

Ahh found it under Advanced Settings. Was looking under the Advanced tab. Minor item they should address - poor UI to have two different sections both called Advanced.

[Retired_Member]

It should be in the Advanced Wireless Settings page.

[mediaman09]

jmizoguchi wrote:
Correct . AC only uses 5Ghz...

Thanks. While I don't have an AC devices, I guess I need to also ask myself if I have any 5Ghz devices N devices.

The only maybe would be my ipad2.... I know it's N but don't know if its 2.4 or 5Ghz. Lots of mixed messages on this point when googled.

As well, I currently get about 40Mbps on the ipad2 on the 2.4 Ghz band, so I don't know if I can do much better than that with 5 Ghz,,,,although in theory 5 Ghz would get me less interferences , noise etc.

[Retired_Member]

mediaman09 wrote:
although in theory 5 Ghz would get me less interferences , noise etc.

And quite a bit less range. Keep that in mind.

[gerick]

My experience has been 5 GHz is faster speed, but less distance.

[Redtulips7]

mediaman09 wrote:
I own the R7000, but currently do not have any 5G(802.1ac) devices so I assume there is currently no advantage for this band for me at this moment. Correct? Is there a way to runs off the 5G band on the R7000?? All I see is the option to disable SSID broadcast, but I dont see an explicitly radio on/off selection.

Why you want to turn off 5G Band?:confused:Why you have bought this Router for?This is an AC Router therefore use 5G Band!!!or you thought it looks cool?never mind......:D:D:D

[mediaman09]

Correct. You got me. I bought cuz it looked cool. No other reason. It wasn't to replace the garbage I was using before. It wasn't for the fast processor, I wasn't for the greater stability or higher reliability or longer range or faster speed or better support that my old failing router.. It wasn't for new devices I may be buying shortly. It wasn't for flexibility or the hundred other features and benefits.. You figured it out, it was just cuz it looked cool.

We done?

If I have no AC or 5ghz N devices, there is no need to keep the 5 Ghz band on. Still determining if my ipad2 is 5 Ghz or not - that would be the only reason to keep it on at this time for my current setup.

[jmizoguchi]

The only maybe would be my ipad2.... I know it's N but don't know if its 2.4 or 5Ghz. Lots of mixed messages on this point when googled.

http://support.apple.com/kb/SP622?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US


Support both
Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n)

iPad2 will only support upto 300Mbps so I guess you been spend just for the look and like to stay on single band 2.4Ghz would be adequate.

This is your decision to make and not others.. 🙂

[mediaman09]

This topic is extensively addressed here : http://wifinigel.blogspot.ca/2013/03/how-fast-is-my-ipad-on-wifi.html

Couple of interesting points.

1) The 300 Mbps spec is very misleading in practical terms . Eg: "Unfortunately, if the wireless client being used (in our case an iPad) supports only one spatial stream instead of 3, we are immediately down to a top speed of 150mbps (450/3) for our data. Also, if we cannot support the 40Mhz double-width WiFi channel, then we have to half our top-speed yet again. (150/2 = 75mbps)."

2) ""there is no improvement using a 40Mhz channel for the iPad 2, as it does not support 40Mhz channels/channel bonding so can never go beyond a 20Mhz channel width)"

The above, combined with the more limited range, leads me to the conclusion tthat 5 Ghz does not offer any appreciable advantage for an ipad2.

[jmizoguchi]

And think about if your internet is nothing faster than 150Mbps would make no benefits unless you are looking to some LAN to LAN sharing over range is less