WiFi tip for optimum performance.
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2023 9:05 am
If your router offers a 5g WiFi option (nothing to do with 5g mobile phones!) then you really should be using it.
5g simply refers to the 5gHz frequency band in which it operates and that frequency not only provides better penetration than the normal 2.4gHz frequency band but is also able to carry far more data resulting, in most cases, in both a further reaching and faster connection.
For instance, on my mobile phone 2.4g WiFi yields speeds of ~85mbps down and up whilst 5g produces ~350mbps, and that's with it going through a VPN.
5g also reaches further into the recesses of my remote garage where 2.4g barely penetrates at all.
A similar comparison on an oldish laptop gives ~48mbps on 2.4gHz and 250mbps down/150 up on 5g.
An even older Android tablet, one of the very first to feature 5g WiFi, gives ~35mbps on 2.4g but 65/95 on 5g.
Give it a try, simply choose the 5g option if in the list of available connections and sign into it with the same password as the normal connection.
5g simply refers to the 5gHz frequency band in which it operates and that frequency not only provides better penetration than the normal 2.4gHz frequency band but is also able to carry far more data resulting, in most cases, in both a further reaching and faster connection.
For instance, on my mobile phone 2.4g WiFi yields speeds of ~85mbps down and up whilst 5g produces ~350mbps, and that's with it going through a VPN.
5g also reaches further into the recesses of my remote garage where 2.4g barely penetrates at all.
A similar comparison on an oldish laptop gives ~48mbps on 2.4gHz and 250mbps down/150 up on 5g.
An even older Android tablet, one of the very first to feature 5g WiFi, gives ~35mbps on 2.4g but 65/95 on 5g.
Give it a try, simply choose the 5g option if in the list of available connections and sign into it with the same password as the normal connection.