07 Feb 2023 07:30 PM
Hi Just moved over to sky BB from BT! I need help with changing some of my equipment onto a different channel and cannot find how to do this. With the correct instructions im sure I could do it.
08 Feb 2023 08:28 AM - last edited: 08 Feb 2023 08:37 AM
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If you mean you want to choose to have some hardware using 2.4Ghz and some 5Ghz, you'll need to unsynchronize these and then rename one or both, so they can then be manually identified on client devices.
Each SSID will only occupy one channel, though.
As posted by @jamesn123
So to split the two channels you need to go to your router config page which can be found by typing 192.168.0.1 into your web browser. To access the page, you'll need;
username: admin
password: sky OR your WiFi password
- Select wireless from the navigation bar and scroll down a little and untick the 'Synchronise 2.4GHz and 5GHz settings'
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and hit apply.
- Once the page reloads you need to go to the 5GHz wireless settings page on the sub navigation bar below where you click wireless before
- In the 5GHz section you want to go to the box called 'Name (SSID)' and add something like 5g to the end of the current name
- Scroll down and hit apply
- Then on any wireless device you should now see two networks. One network will be the same name as usual and will be 2.4GHz band and the other will be the usual name with 5G on the end (Or whatever you typed). Connect any 5GHz capable device to the 5GHz network and see if it works correctly. The WiFi password should be the same if you havent changed it.
07 Feb 2023 07:33 PM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out more
You change wifi channels via the hub
https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Broadband-Talk/How-to-change-your-Sky-wireless-channel/ba-p/2687733
08 Feb 2023 08:28 AM - last edited: 08 Feb 2023 08:37 AM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out more
If you mean you want to choose to have some hardware using 2.4Ghz and some 5Ghz, you'll need to unsynchronize these and then rename one or both, so they can then be manually identified on client devices.
Each SSID will only occupy one channel, though.
As posted by @jamesn123
So to split the two channels you need to go to your router config page which can be found by typing 192.168.0.1 into your web browser. To access the page, you'll need;
username: admin
password: sky OR your WiFi password
- Select wireless from the navigation bar and scroll down a little and untick the 'Synchronise 2.4GHz and 5GHz settings'
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and hit apply.
- Once the page reloads you need to go to the 5GHz wireless settings page on the sub navigation bar below where you click wireless before
- In the 5GHz section you want to go to the box called 'Name (SSID)' and add something like 5g to the end of the current name
- Scroll down and hit apply
- Then on any wireless device you should now see two networks. One network will be the same name as usual and will be 2.4GHz band and the other will be the usual name with 5G on the end (Or whatever you typed). Connect any 5GHz capable device to the 5GHz network and see if it works correctly. The WiFi password should be the same if you havent changed it.
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