Wireless settings

[Paul Costanza]

Just upgraded to the ASUS RT-AC87U router and figured if I'm going to spend that kind of money, I should tweak it to the fullest.
My generic questions should I use 2.4Ghz or 5 Ghz for the wireless settings and why would I need a guest network in both 2.4 and 5Ghz spectrums? Ok 'need' is not the right word but for home use when friends come by isn't 2.4Ghz just fine?
Right now with a 2 story home and the wireless setting at 2.4Ghz, things are much faster and I think that may be best but as I said, I'd like to get the most out of this router.

 

[stevech]

Guest SSID in both bands is nice for visitors that have 5GHz in their device. But certainly not essential.

About the only settings that matter (other than WPA2) are auto-channel-select (off, choose your own), and 40MHz mode option (off for 2.4GHz).

That's a lotta bux for a home WiFi router!!

 

[Paul Costanza]

Thanks for the reply. Yea, I had some Amazon points as well as some gift cards and said, WTF, go for it. It is hard to spend that much when a $90 router can do much of the same.

 

[stevech]

Thanks for the reply. Yea, I had some Amazon points as well as some gift cards and said, WTF, go for it. It is hard to spend that much when a $90 router can do much of the same.

$90 or less!