topic Re: Force Desktop 5GHz Connection in Broadband

Force Desktop 5GHz Connection

DFearnley — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 19:17:08 GMT

I have the Sky Max Hub. My Desktop is connected to the 2.4GHz line, and I want it on the 5. I cannot see a way on the admin of separating my channels, and the channel selection is greyed out, so I cannot amend it to be lower than 149 so my desktop can connect. Has anyone managed to figure out how to do this on the Sky Max Hub?

Re: Force Desktop 5GHz Connection

jamesn123 — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 19:28:28 GMT

@DFearnley

As far as I know you can't split the frequencies on the Sky Max hub, only disable 5ghz. Your laptop should connect via 5ghz if its compatible and within a good enough range of the 5ghz signal. Keep in mind that just because your laptop may be showing a strong signal to your Sky hub, this may not mean you have a strong 5ghz signal to the laptop it may only be 2.4ghz that is reaching in that particular location.

Re: Force Desktop 5GHz Connection

mormegil — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 19:50:30 GMT

If it is a modern laptop with windows 11 it will automatically connect at what the laptop thinks is the best connection

in my case 2.4ghz @130 mbps

if I want higher I turn off and back on the wireless adaptor and it switches to 5ghz @650 or 730 mbps

i have also found that starting high intensity activities like updating steam products will automatically swap it to the higher bandwidth

Re: Force Desktop 5GHz Connection

JimM1 — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 20:39:29 GMT

@DFearnley

Does your desktop wifi adapter support 5G operation? If so then you maybe able to go the device adapter settings in windows, and force it to only operate in the 5GHz band.