Hexenhammer
Regular Contributor
Hello,
I have some questions about WiFi and how it works.
What I want to know if Routers use the same antenna for both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz bands?
If the answer is positive, does it Help with speed and performance/signal distance if I disable the 2.4Ghz band, and keep the router just 5Ghz?
Im asking it because I just got a new RT-AX89X router but I have my old one DIR-882 that has good 2.4 signal and its 4x4:4x4 router, i get signal even outside apartment building in the parking lot, so why not use it?
So I wonder if its a good idea to set the DIR-882 as AP, connect it with 1G cable to my ASUS router and set it as exclusively 2.4Ghz AP and the router as Exclusively 5Ghz?
Is this a good idea?
Or maybe its better to create Trippe or Quad Band setup?
If I set the DI-882 as AP, keep both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz and connect it with cable to my ASUS router, can I leave the channel bands on the AP and the Router on automatic and let them sort it out themselves or its better to change it manually and set them as far apart from each other as possible, AP using as low channels as possible and Router as high as possible?
Which is better?
to just create a split setup, AP DIR-882 as 2.4Ghz and RT-AX89X as 5Ghz exclusively.
or to create a Triple or Quad band setup?
Trippe Band setup: AP DIR-882 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz + router RT-AX89X only 5Ghz [I think we have only one active device that has no 5Ghz, and my old PS Vita has just 2.4ghz, so 2.4Ghz is less important for us]
Quad Band Setup: AP DIR-882, 2.4Ghz for WiFi N and lower and 5Ghz N+AC + router RT-AX89X: 2.4Ghz for just AX and 5Ghz for AC/AX
What do you think?
I have some questions about WiFi and how it works.
What I want to know if Routers use the same antenna for both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz bands?
If the answer is positive, does it Help with speed and performance/signal distance if I disable the 2.4Ghz band, and keep the router just 5Ghz?
Im asking it because I just got a new RT-AX89X router but I have my old one DIR-882 that has good 2.4 signal and its 4x4:4x4 router, i get signal even outside apartment building in the parking lot, so why not use it?
So I wonder if its a good idea to set the DIR-882 as AP, connect it with 1G cable to my ASUS router and set it as exclusively 2.4Ghz AP and the router as Exclusively 5Ghz?
Is this a good idea?
Or maybe its better to create Trippe or Quad Band setup?
If I set the DI-882 as AP, keep both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz and connect it with cable to my ASUS router, can I leave the channel bands on the AP and the Router on automatic and let them sort it out themselves or its better to change it manually and set them as far apart from each other as possible, AP using as low channels as possible and Router as high as possible?
Which is better?
to just create a split setup, AP DIR-882 as 2.4Ghz and RT-AX89X as 5Ghz exclusively.
or to create a Triple or Quad band setup?
Trippe Band setup: AP DIR-882 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz + router RT-AX89X only 5Ghz [I think we have only one active device that has no 5Ghz, and my old PS Vita has just 2.4ghz, so 2.4Ghz is less important for us]
Quad Band Setup: AP DIR-882, 2.4Ghz for WiFi N and lower and 5Ghz N+AC + router RT-AX89X: 2.4Ghz for just AX and 5Ghz for AC/AX
What do you think?
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