We use 2.4 GHz at our house, and only 2.4GHz. Covers the whole house
with one AP, and we like it. Of course, we are a long, long way from any
other WiFi hotspots. Our noise floor here is probably -110 or somewhere
around that.
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On 2/6/2017 6:58 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
The customer decides what SSID(s) to tell the device about, and the
device decides what band to use. Some people see �5G� and assume that
means 5^th generation and only connect to that SSID. Apple devices
are reputed to prefer 5 GHz even if the signal is worse. In a house,
2 GHz will usually penetrate better through walls and furniture.
In their own house, I mostly see people using 5 GHz, I think a
combination of assuming 5G means latest and greatest, plus Apple
firmware preferring 5 GHz. At a hotspot, people may take the path of
least resistance and only connect to the SSID without the mysterious
5G at the end.
*From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *George Skorup
*Sent:* Monday, February 6, 2017 12:09 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] FW: what spectrum do most phones use
My 7 year old tablet has 5GHz. Some devices will cling to the 2.4 band
for whatever reason. Band-steering helps. It works most of the time on
the Cambium E400 and 500's we've deployed. Some devices are just assholes.
On 2/5/2017 11:19 PM, Rory Conaway wrote:
I�ve got Hot-Spot deployments where I�m seeing 80% 2.4GHz and
20% 5GHz.� I would have thought by now that most devices support
5GHz and that would become the predominant spectrum.� For those
that are doing hot-spots with dual-bands, what do you see in
spectrum use?
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