

You’re going to need to go back a way since most modern phones and tablets support both bands. The easiest remedy is find an old phone or tablet that doesn’t support 5 GHz.

Let’s look at them from easiest to complex. After the initial setup, the device typically is accessed through the cloud, and then the band will not matter. It’s also present with Google Protect, an Ambient Weather Station, and the WeMo Switch. This 2.4 Ghz restriction is present in several home security cameras. In other cases, the app checks for a 2.4 GHz connection and won’t proceed until you are connected to the requested band. This is typically the case when in order to initially set it up, you need to connect to the camera or device directly from your tablet or phone. You will run into issues with certain devices including home security cameras that insist on your phone or tablet being connected to the 2.4 GHz band in order to attach a new device. So suffice it to say, you will be connected to 5.0 GHz most of the time, that’s assuming your phone or tablet support that band. Google WiFi has intelligence that determines when the 2.4 GHz bands will provide a more stable connection versus 5.0 GHz. In the case of Google Wifi, the mesh network will typically prefer the 5.0 GHz network over the 2.4 GHz band. For those unaware of the benefits, the 5.0 GHz band provides significant throughput improvements but only at short distances from the router. One thing that practically many mesh networks do is combine the 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz bands together under the same SSID.

A mesh network system is excellent for improving coverage in a home or office. We recently upgraded our wireless network to a Google WiFi System.
