Re: Wifi Behavior
By the way this is called band steering. Modern routers support this and I agree, make everything one single SSID. > On Aug 25, 2017, at 11:06 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Thanks Tim, I understand now. I just made the change in the router and will > monitor things. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > "God for you is where you sweep away all the > mysteries of the world, all the challenges to > our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off > and say God did it." --Carl Sagan > E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 8/25/2017 4:29 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >> ET, >> >> Normally, your device will choose the 5 GHz band if it is a strong enough >> signal. Otherwise, it will grab the 2.4 GHz one. When they have the same >> name, as Simon mentioned, your device decides. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Aug 25, 2017, at 16:42, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> Simon, >> Might do that. Are there cases where a device may not like one or the other >> band? >> >> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >> "God for you is where you sweep away all the >> mysteries of the world, all the challenges to >> our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off >> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan >> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com >> >> On 8/25/2017 3:23 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: >>> Hi ET, >>> >>> I know every one is different but I always tell people to make both 2.4 and >>> 5 the same name so that it's the device that makes the choice. >>> >>> >>> This caused a few arguments recently at work because we are meant to be >>> telling people to only connect to 5GHz bands due to our system being >>> unstable >>> However not all devices have been switched to multy frequency capable >>> devices. >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. >>> Sent: Friday, 25 August 2017 4:35 AM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Wifi Behavior >>> >>> The SSID for the 5g has 5g in its name so I know which is active. >>> The ponly reason I knew it was changing bands was that my printer is not >>> connected to the 5g band and its not easy to change it on the printer. >>> >>> But it was fixed with a router update which I carried out yesterday. >>> >>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >>> "God for you is where you sweep away all the >>> mysteries of the world, all the challenges to >>> our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off >>> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan >>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>> >>> On 8/24/2017 7:12 AM, Scott Granados wrote: >>>> Use different SSIDs for 5 ghz and 2.4 ghz that way you join one or the >>>> other. Else use one SSID and let it band steer to the frequency it wants >>>> because that’s usually a change do to conditions and signal strength etc. >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Aug 23, 2017, at 1:09 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> My Nighthawk AC1900 which supports 5g hss been commenting either to 5g or >>>>> the non 5g channel on the Mac and Windows. What can I do to keep it on >>>>> one or the other? >>>>> >>>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >>>>> "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the >>>>> world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your >>>>> mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan >>>>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>>>> Visionaries list. >>>>> >>>>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >>>>> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >>>>> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>>>> >>>>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach >>>>> mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is >>>>> Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >>>>>
Re: Wifi Behavior
Thanks Tim, I understand now. I just made the change in the router and will monitor things. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 8/25/2017 4:29 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: ET, Normally, your device will choose the 5 GHz band if it is a strong enough signal. Otherwise, it will grab the 2.4 GHz one. When they have the same name, as Simon mentioned, your device decides. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Aug 25, 2017, at 16:42, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: Simon, Might do that. Are there cases where a device may not like one or the other band? From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 8/25/2017 3:23 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: Hi ET, I know every one is different but I always tell people to make both 2.4 and 5 the same name so that it's the device that makes the choice. This caused a few arguments recently at work because we are meant to be telling people to only connect to 5GHz bands due to our system being unstable However not all devices have been switched to multy frequency capable devices. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Friday, 25 August 2017 4:35 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Wifi Behavior The SSID for the 5g has 5g in its name so I know which is active. The ponly reason I knew it was changing bands was that my printer is not connected to the 5g band and its not easy to change it on the printer. But it was fixed with a router update which I carried out yesterday. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 8/24/2017 7:12 AM, Scott Granados wrote: Use different SSIDs for 5 ghz and 2.4 ghz that way you join one or the other. Else use one SSID and let it band steer to the frequency it wants because that’s usually a change do to conditions and signal strength etc. On Aug 23, 2017, at 1:09 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: My Nighthawk AC1900 which supports 5g hss been commenting either to 5g or the non 5g channel on the Mac and Windows. What can I do to keep it on one or the other? From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visi
Re: Wifi Behavior
ET, Normally, your device will choose the 5 GHz band if it is a strong enough signal. Otherwise, it will grab the 2.4 GHz one. When they have the same name, as Simon mentioned, your device decides. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Aug 25, 2017, at 16:42, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: Simon, Might do that. Are there cases where a device may not like one or the other band? >From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 8/25/2017 3:23 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > Hi ET, > > I know every one is different but I always tell people to make both 2.4 and 5 > the same name so that it's the device that makes the choice. > > > This caused a few arguments recently at work because we are meant to be > telling people to only connect to 5GHz bands due to our system being unstable > However not all devices have been switched to multy frequency capable devices. > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. > Sent: Friday, 25 August 2017 4:35 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Wifi Behavior > >The SSID for the 5g has 5g in its name so I know which is active. > The ponly reason I knew it was changing bands was that my printer is not > connected to the 5g band and its not easy to change it on the printer. > >But it was fixed with a router update which I carried out yesterday. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > "God for you is where you sweep away all the > mysteries of the world, all the challenges to > our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off > and say God did it." --Carl Sagan > E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 8/24/2017 7:12 AM, Scott Granados wrote: >> Use different SSIDs for 5 ghz and 2.4 ghz that way you join one or the >> other. Else use one SSID and let it band steer to the frequency it wants >> because that’s usually a change do to conditions and signal strength etc. >> >> >>> On Aug 23, 2017, at 1:09 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: >>> >>> My Nighthawk AC1900 which supports 5g hss been commenting either to 5g or >>> the non 5g channel on the Mac and Windows. What can I do to keep it on one >>> or the other? >>> >>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >>> "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the >>> world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your >>> mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan >>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>> Visionaries list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >>> or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach >>> mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is >>> Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >>> >>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >>> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroup
RE: Wifi Behavior
Yeah if it's old enough to not have 5GHz, or some dum ass turns one off. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Saturday, 26 August 2017 10:43 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Wifi Behavior Simon, Might do that. Are there cases where a device may not like one or the other band? From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 8/25/2017 3:23 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > Hi ET, > > I know every one is different but I always tell people to make both 2.4 and > 5 the same name so that it's the device that makes the choice. > > > This caused a few arguments recently at work because we are meant to > be telling people to only connect to 5GHz bands due to our system being > unstable However not all devices have been switched to multy frequency > capable devices. > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. > Sent: Friday, 25 August 2017 4:35 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Wifi Behavior > > The SSID for the 5g has 5g in its name so I know which is active. > The ponly reason I knew it was changing bands was that my printer is not > connected to the 5g band and its not easy to change it on the printer. > > But it was fixed with a router update which I carried out yesterday. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >"God for you is where you sweep away all the >mysteries of the world, all the challenges to >our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off >and say God did it." --Carl Sagan > E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 8/24/2017 7:12 AM, Scott Granados wrote: >> Use different SSIDs for 5 ghz and 2.4 ghz that way you join one or the >> other. Else use one SSID and let it band steer to the frequency it wants >> because that’s usually a change do to conditions and signal strength etc. >> >> >>> On Aug 23, 2017, at 1:09 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: >>> >>> My Nighthawk AC1900 which supports 5g hss been commenting either to 5g or >>> the non 5g channel on the Mac and Windows. What can I do to keep it on one >>> or the other? >>> >>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >>> "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the >>> world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your >>> mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan >>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>> Visionaries list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >>> or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach >>> mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner >>> is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >>> >>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >>> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach > mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is > Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > Y
Re: Wifi Behavior
Simon, Might do that. Are there cases where a device may not like one or the other band? From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 8/25/2017 3:23 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: Hi ET, I know every one is different but I always tell people to make both 2.4 and 5 the same name so that it's the device that makes the choice. This caused a few arguments recently at work because we are meant to be telling people to only connect to 5GHz bands due to our system being unstable However not all devices have been switched to multy frequency capable devices. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Friday, 25 August 2017 4:35 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Wifi Behavior The SSID for the 5g has 5g in its name so I know which is active. The ponly reason I knew it was changing bands was that my printer is not connected to the 5g band and its not easy to change it on the printer. But it was fixed with a router update which I carried out yesterday. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 8/24/2017 7:12 AM, Scott Granados wrote: Use different SSIDs for 5 ghz and 2.4 ghz that way you join one or the other. Else use one SSID and let it band steer to the frequency it wants because that’s usually a change do to conditions and signal strength etc. On Aug 23, 2017, at 1:09 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: My Nighthawk AC1900 which supports 5g hss been commenting either to 5g or the non 5g channel on the Mac and Windows. What can I do to keep it on one or the other? From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archiv
RE: Wifi Behavior
Hi ET, I know every one is different but I always tell people to make both 2.4 and 5 the same name so that it's the device that makes the choice. This caused a few arguments recently at work because we are meant to be telling people to only connect to 5GHz bands due to our system being unstable However not all devices have been switched to multy frequency capable devices. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Friday, 25 August 2017 4:35 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Wifi Behavior The SSID for the 5g has 5g in its name so I know which is active. The ponly reason I knew it was changing bands was that my printer is not connected to the 5g band and its not easy to change it on the printer. But it was fixed with a router update which I carried out yesterday. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 8/24/2017 7:12 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > Use different SSIDs for 5 ghz and 2.4 ghz that way you join one or the other. > Else use one SSID and let it band steer to the frequency it wants because > that’s usually a change do to conditions and signal strength etc. > > >> On Aug 23, 2017, at 1:09 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> My Nighthawk AC1900 which supports 5g hss been commenting either to 5g or >> the non 5g channel on the Mac and Windows. What can I do to keep it on one >> or the other? >> >> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >> "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the >> world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your >> mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan >> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach >> mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is >> Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because
Re: Wifi Behavior
Just remove the non 5GHZ SSID from your list and then it will only join that one. When you join both is when band steering kicks in. > On Aug 24, 2017, at 12:35 PM, E.T.wrote: > > The SSID for the 5g has 5g in its name so I know which is active. The ponly > reason I knew it was changing bands was that my printer is not connected to > the 5g band and its not easy to change it on the printer. > > But it was fixed with a router update which I carried out yesterday. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > "God for you is where you sweep away all the > mysteries of the world, all the challenges to > our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off > and say God did it." --Carl Sagan > E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 8/24/2017 7:12 AM, Scott Granados wrote: >> Use different SSIDs for 5 ghz and 2.4 ghz that way you join one or the >> other. Else use one SSID and let it band steer to the frequency it wants >> because that’s usually a change do to conditions and signal strength etc. >> >> >>> On Aug 23, 2017, at 1:09 PM, E.T. wrote: >>> >>> My Nighthawk AC1900 which supports 5g hss been commenting either to 5g or >>> the non 5g channel on the Mac and Windows. What can I do to keep it on one >>> or the other? >>> >>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >>> "God for you is where you sweep away all the >>> mysteries of the world, all the challenges to >>> our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off >>> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan >>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>> Visionaries list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >>> or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >>> macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - >>> you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >>> >>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >>> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Wifi Behavior
The SSID for the 5g has 5g in its name so I know which is active. The ponly reason I knew it was changing bands was that my printer is not connected to the 5g band and its not easy to change it on the printer. But it was fixed with a router update which I carried out yesterday. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 8/24/2017 7:12 AM, Scott Granados wrote: Use different SSIDs for 5 ghz and 2.4 ghz that way you join one or the other. Else use one SSID and let it band steer to the frequency it wants because that’s usually a change do to conditions and signal strength etc. On Aug 23, 2017, at 1:09 PM, E.T.wrote: My Nighthawk AC1900 which supports 5g hss been commenting either to 5g or the non 5g channel on the Mac and Windows. What can I do to keep it on one or the other? From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Wifi Behavior
Use different SSIDs for 5 ghz and 2.4 ghz that way you join one or the other. Else use one SSID and let it band steer to the frequency it wants because that’s usually a change do to conditions and signal strength etc. > On Aug 23, 2017, at 1:09 PM, E.T.wrote: > > My Nighthawk AC1900 which supports 5g hss been commenting either to 5g or > the non 5g channel on the Mac and Windows. What can I do to keep it on one or > the other? > > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > "God for you is where you sweep away all the > mysteries of the world, all the challenges to > our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off > and say God did it." --Carl Sagan > E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Wifi Behavior
My Nighthawk AC1900 which supports 5g hss been commenting either to 5g or the non 5g channel on the Mac and Windows. What can I do to keep it on one or the other? From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.