Hi Stephen, Not sure which device you actually used to set-up your wireless ā the modem or the Time Capsule ā often with this set-up people turn off the wireless on the modem and use the time capsule to set-up the wireless network.
In my case here, the modem actually sets up two different wireless networks, with slightly different network names, one on the 2.4GHz frequency and one on the 5GHz frequency. The modem makes both networks available but, when you connect your wireless device, you have to choose which network to join. The situation you describe sounds different ā the equipment setting up one wireless network but utilising whichever frequency it thinks best to transmit/receive network traffic between devices. Iām guessing that this is an Apple airport feature and that you had your wireless network set-up by your Time Capsule (or other Apple device like an Airport Extreme)? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 9/2/17 9:59, Stephen Chape at chap...@bigpond.com wrote: > Hi guys, > I have used a dual band modem for quite some time. > And even before that my Apple Time Capsule was dual band. > > I was not aware that you can choose which peripherals use which band ? > I understood that the equipment made the best choice in real time. > >> On 8 Feb 2017, at 9:47 pm, Brian RISBEY <risb...@bigpond.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Neil >> That is the extent of my limited understanding, I don't think your modem >> speed is an issue here just the wireless transmission aspect. >> So, as you said, fixed and close 5 and outside 2.4. >> >> Brian Risbey >> šš >> >> >> On 8 Feb 2017, at 20:24, Neil Houghton <n...@possumology.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Brian, >> >> >> Thanks for that feedback. >> >> So might it be better to connect to the 5GHz network for the computers >> (fixed location & better speed) and to connect to the 2.4GHz network for >> mobile devices - phones and iPads - for better roaming round the >> house/garden and also to share bandwidth between the 2 networks - or is the >> modem speed/bandwidth the limiting factor there ? >> >> >> Cheers >> >> >> >> Neil
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