Re: WLAN connection: 5 GHz priority
solitone wrote:
> On Thursday, 20 July 2017 10:05:56 CEST Dan Purgert wrote:
>> That being said, most network admins worth anything will be approaching
>> the problem from their side too (e.g. with band steering), in order to
>> "encourage" client devices to connect to the 5 GHz signal.
>
> I've tried the band steering option on my AP, but my network card
> would rather connect to the 2.4 GHz channel anyhow. It seems to worth
> signal level very much, and the 5 GHz signal is usually weaker than
> 2.4. Therefore I made do with weakening the 2.4 GHz signal.
Yep, this is a usual / recommended thing. I usually have 2.4 on "low"
(or lowest power setting possible), and 5 GHz on "medium" (or somewhere
around midrange Tx power).
Then again, I'm just as apt to turn 2.4 off.
>
> Funnily enough other clients (two android devices and a windows
> laptop) prefer 5 GHz even when it's weaker and my linux laptop
> connects to 2.4.
Yep, some clients are better at going to 5 (or listening to the
recommendations from the AP).
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