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How to enable and disable my networks on Home Internet
I have my Home Internet setup with both 5g and 2.4g networks. I only will need the 2.4g rarely for one appliance that I might use occasionally. How can I easily turn on and off my 2.4g network without having to delete and add it each time. It seems to slow don't my 5g when the 2.4g network is available. Is there an enable and disable switch somewhere available in T-Life that I don't know about?
Having concurrent 2.4 and 5 (and 6GHz) should NOT affect each other, they're on completely different wavelengths. I'd suggest doing a basic WiFi survey (lots of great YT videos on this), and adjust your 2.4 and 5 channels, based on the results, which will also likely increase the reliability/throughput of both radios.
On 2.4 you will want to stick to 20Mhz channel-widths, and on 5 you want to stick to 40 or 80Mhz (NOT 160) widths, for a good combination of range/performance, from both.
For 2.4 you want to end up on channels 1, 6, or 11 (the least busy based on the survey), and for 5 you want non-overlapping channels, see this chart. If you have additional APs (wired or meshed), make sure they aren’t overlapping by more than 60dBm or so, and ideally are on separate and the least-busy channel (for other radios near each AP), if the APs are wired (if meshed, you likley have to leave the 5MHz channels the same or they can’t mesh between APs).
@bobhill1946. Many of us use HINT Control. https://github.com/zacharee/HINTControl
You can turn bands on/off, and the interface provides useful information.
I hope this helps.
Having concurrent 2.4 and 5 (and 6GHz) should NOT affect each other, they're on completely different wavelengths. I'd suggest doing a basic WiFi survey (lots of great YT videos on this), and adjust your 2.4 and 5 channels, based on the results, which will also likely increase the reliability/throughput of both radios.
On 2.4 you will want to stick to 20Mhz channel-widths, and on 5 you want to stick to 40 or 80Mhz (NOT 160) widths, for a good combination of range/performance, from both.
For 2.4 you want to end up on channels 1, 6, or 11 (the least busy based on the survey), and for 5 you want non-overlapping channels, see this chart. If you have additional APs (wired or meshed), make sure they aren’t overlapping by more than 60dBm or so, and ideally are on separate and the least-busy channel (for other radios near each AP), if the APs are wired (if meshed, you likley have to leave the 5MHz channels the same or they can’t mesh between APs).
