Vodafone wireless router, 2.4GHz and 5GHz

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#2143102 11-Dec-2018 11:51

freitasm:
Ideally a good router would have both 2.4GHz and 5GHz with band stearing... .

This provoked a spark, however tiny, of hope, given that the OP has a vodafone router... but, alas, googling

vodafone ultra hub band "steering" site:.nz

Nothing relevant.

Would any Vodafone types care to comment?

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#2143114 11-Dec-2018 12:09

The only residential router (and this includes pretty much everything supplied by RSPs and off the shelf devices from every major vendor) that I'm aware of with band steering is the Fritz!box

While I'm a fan of the concept of band steering it is not a perfect solution and can cause issues in areas where coverage may be poor. There are vendors who while supporting band steering actually recommend you don't use it because you should have a properly engineered 5GHz network with good coverage and should be using different SSIDs for 2.4GHz and 5GHz

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#2143220 11-Dec-2018 12:58

Properly engineered network is good for business. At home you get whatever works.

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#2143260 11-Dec-2018 13:14

freitasm: Properly engineered network is good for business. At home you get whatever works.

And that's the type of environment where band steering can can issues if you have poor signal strength or deadspots.

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#2143266 11-Dec-2018 13:16

sbiddle:

freitasm: Properly engineered network is good for business. At home you get whatever works.

And that's the type of environment where band steering can can issues if you have poor signal strength or deadspots.

Just saying... a 5ghz only environment is bliss ;)

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#2143426 11-Dec-2018 15:14

1101:

Its 5.8Ghz , not 5Ghz . Please get your pedantic corrections correct
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If you really really want to be pedantic, the abbreviation for hertz is Hz, not hz.

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#2143430 11-Dec-2018 15:22

sbiddle:

The only residential router (and this includes pretty much everything supplied by RSPs and off the shelf devices from every major vendor) that I'm aware of with band steering is the Fritz!box

Ubiquiti AmpliFi seems to have Band Steering in the options. I'm assuming that it works as intended.

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#2144156 12-Dec-2018 14:35

RunningMan:
1101:

Its 5.8Ghz , not 5Ghz . Please get your pedantic corrections correct
:-)

If you really really want to be pedantic, the abbreviation for hertz is Hz, not hz.

Another pedantic nit, there should be a space between the number and the unit, so "5.8 GHz". Along with plurals (f.ex. "kms", "kgs"), these mistakes always annoy me.

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#2144228 12-Dec-2018 15:22

jlittle: ... there should be a space between the number and the unit, so "5.8 GHz".

Except that I'd cut some slack because non-breaking spaces aren't available in the text entries for this forum. So it is quite common to join the number and unit to prevent them being separated by an end of line.

Standard e.g.
Our group walked 12
km to Wellington.

Exception? e.g.
Our group walked
12km to Wellington

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