Hi, In my experience, if you have two SSID's that are identicle most devices will just see one & roam between the two if they are non stationary; I have a couple of access points here all of which use the same SSID and between them I get more than acceptable coverage throughout the house & in the garden.
What makes your situation a bit more interesting is that the cryteria that your iPhone is using to determin which AP to use may not be the cryteria you want. For example, it may be that the 2.4GHZ network has better coverage than 5GHZ in your living room, but despite the lower signal, 5GHZ may still be able to provide more throughput which is obviously preferable for streaming. However, one would assume that iOS would choose the SSID with a better signal, which in this situation may not be ideal. NB: this is all speculation; I have not done any testing to determin exactly what iOS would do in a situation like this, although one would assume that it would behave in the way it does with multiple 2.4 SSID's - E.G. pick the one with the best signal. For what it's worth, our main modem / switch / access point combo device broadcasts 2.4 & 5GHZ. The 5GHZ is used by the Apple TV although the SSID is hidden to avoid confusion for the rest of the family. Everything else uses 2.4, along with the other access point. Interesting topic; keep us posted. Cheers, Ben. On 7/29/14, Rick Alfaro <rick.alf...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Sieghard. > > The router actually has default SSID's out of the box but of course we > change those. It does not stop you however from using the same SSID for > both > bands. What is confusing about this is the fact that the term simultaneous > dual band is used for both the routers and the iDevices and hence my > questions. What do they mean by simultaneous? Those who share the opinion > that using the same SSID allows your device and router to automatically > choose the best connection while others say this is not the case, making > the > term simultaneous somewhat questionable. > > > Best regards, > > Rick Alfaro > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 6:10 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Proper way of connecting an iDevice to simultanious dualband > WiFi? > > Hello Rick, > > I'm sure somebody will correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think you can > connect your iPhone to both the 2.4 and 5 Ghz bands your router broadcasts > at the same time. > Your router most likely broadcasts 2 SSID's (one for 2.4 and 1 for 5 Ghz) > and my recommendation is to connect to the 5 Ghz band since your iPhone is > capable of that although it is only capable of the IEEE 802.11N standard > and > not the higher-throughput 802.11AC standard. > > Your router is probably capable of providing simultaneous connections to > devices on the 2.4 and 5 Ghz spectrum, but a device like an iPhone or a > laptop can only connect to either one of them. > > As for 802.11AC, it was approved only in January of this year so while some > devices came out before that supporting the draft version of 802.11AC, the > final version was not approved until early this year which is why apple > probably did not include it on the 5S and 5C or last fall's iPads. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Rick Alfaro > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 4:50 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Proper way of connecting an iDevice to simultanious dualband WiFi? > > I recently upgraded my router to a Netgear Night Hawk which supports > everything including AC1300. My question is the following. > > For best performance, of course I want to have my iDevices using > simultaneous dual band 802.11n. I've googled the subject and have found > conflicting opinions on this. Some say you have to use separate SSID's for > each band, 2.4ghz and 5ghz while others insist that the best way is to use > the same SSID for both bands to get the full possible speed. > > What say you folks that have had experience with these dual band WiFi > routers? Right now I have it configured with separate SSID's and have my > Apple TV's using the 5ghz band for best video bandwidth and performance and > use the 2.4ghz band for other WiFi devices like my iPhone since I don't do > much video on them. I'd be interested in getting anyone's take on this. > > > > Best regards, > > Rick Alfaro > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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