Wireless Dual Band Router Netgear 750

CoronaRay

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I have been researching dual band routers and would like so help on some of their basic operations. I am also planning of having a dual band NIC card.

A) I know that all of Netgear's Dual Band routers are "Simultaneous" . The ON button for the 2.4GHz and the 5.0GHz can each be turned ON so that they each have green indicators showing..

Question 1:
Will my router automatically determine what frequency of the 2.4GHz and 5.0Ghz is assigned to what device? In other words, if I wanted to stream a video to my desktop, will my router automatically know to switch to the 5.0GHz channel? Or do I have to manually set that up?


B) What happens if I have two tabs open. One tab has a streaming video running and the other table has my email open.

Question 2:
Will both tabs default to the 5.0GHz channel?


Thanks in advanced.
 

d1rtydeedz

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On my dual band ASUS router you have to sign in to one of the two. They have separate passwords and no they don't switch automatically as you're essentially signing in to a different wifi signal. After that, upon powering on, your device will automatically select the last connection. You can configure preferences in the settings as to what devices receive what bandwidth. You can also configure what instance, ie. d/l vs streaming, receives preferential treatment.
 

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