5GHz WiFi on the rise

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5GHz WiFi on the rise

A surprising number of devices connect to WiFi networks using the 5GHz band rather than the more popular 2.4GHz
 
What's unsurprising is seeing another MyBB article with the word surprising buried in there somewhere.
 
The higher the frequency, the more difficult it is for radio waves to penetrate solid objects. So running on 5Ghz is not ideal for home use if you have lots of solid brick walls.
 
deweyzeph said:
The higher the frequency, the more difficult it is for radio waves to penetrate solid objects. So running on 5Ghz is not ideal for home use if you have lots of solid brick walls.
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I was just about to ask a question in that line ... Tnx :p
 
deweyzeph said:
The higher the frequency, the more difficult it is for radio waves to penetrate solid objects. So running on 5Ghz is not ideal for home use if you have lots of solid brick walls.
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I found this at our offices. My office is furthest from the router and I get significantly higher speeds on 2.4GHz than 5GHz.
 
So last week I got a router with both 5GHz and 2.5GHz wifi networks.

Even just one room away I see the signal drop by one bar on the 5GHz where as the 2.5GHz is still full strength.
I haven't tested throughput on either but I see no reason to use 5GHz unless your 2.5GHz channels are congested in your area.
5GHz is supposedly better for high bandwidth application like streaming and gaming but haven't tested that.
 
5Ghz is actually more suitable for setting up long-distance point-to-point wifi links, which is what it's mostly used for. As pointed out by others, it pretty useless for home or office use, unless your devices are all in the same room.
 
deweyzeph said:
5Ghz is actually more suitable for setting up long-distance point-to-point wifi links, which is what it's mostly used for. As pointed out by others, it pretty useless for home or office use, unless your devices are all in the same room.
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How long is long distance?
 
From all my testing I find 2.4GHz to be more stable even with interference.

Speeds are slightly lower then 5.8GHz, but are more constant and latency & jitter are 100% better than 5.8GHz.

Just what I have found, by no means is it a true reflection.
 
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