Your wifi hub automatically chooses a wireless frequency to broadcast on every time you connect to wifi:
- 2.4GHz - this frequency gives you standard speeds but a good range, so you'll get a good signal even when you're not close to your Wi-Fi Hub.
- 5GHz - this frequency gives you the best possible speeds but a shorter range, so you may lose signal when further away from your Wi-Fi Hub.
You can choose which frequency to connect to by giving each one its own wireless network name (SSID). This way, you can connect different devices to different frequencies or always connect to the fastest frequency if you want. Here's how to do it:
- Open your browser and type in 192.168.1.1 to go to the router admin page.
- Login with your router username and password. You’ll find these on the sticker underneath the removable settings card on back of your wifi hub.
- On the Dashboard page, click the See Wi-Fi settings button.
- Now click Manage advanced settings.
- Click on the blue cog icon in the Wi-Fi 2.4GHz section.
- Type a new network name into the SSID text box.
- Click the Apply button.
- On the change confirmation box, click the Continue button.
- To change the SSID for 5GHz too, simply follow the steps above but click the blue cog icon in the Wi-Fi 5GHz section instead.
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