The primary differences between the two frequencies are the range (coverage) and bandwidth (speed) that the bands provide. The 2.4 GHz band provides coverage at a longer range but transmits data at ...

If you can’t connect to 5 GHz WiFi on Windows 11/10 but the 2.4 GHz WiFi band works fine on your system, use the solutions provided below. Make sure that you are entering the right password to connect ...

A year or so ago, I rarely received email from TidBITS readers or those who have read my “Take Control of Your 802.11n AirPort Network” book detailing problems using Wi-Fi networking in the 5 GHz band ...

If you focus on 20-MHz-wide channels in 5 GHz, getting 2,000 users in one room on the WLAN is not as frightening as it might at first sound. Before we delve deep into the topic of this column, let’s ...

I had two different SSIDs for my 2.4ghz and 5ghz wireless networks- I think because I've had issues with devices not working correctly on 5ghz, but in the end, I had every device on the 2.4ghz SSID, ...

So here we are today stuck in the same 2.4 GHz funk that 802.11b made popular and we don't have enough channels. At CES 2007 there were some dual-band 802.11n devices that promise 2.4 and 5 GHz ...

Recent events may show the industry how to dramatically alter the landscape for 802.11a products in the 5-GHz band. In recent years, the wireless-local-area-network (WLAN) products based on the IEEE ...