Networking Questions Simultaneous Dualband

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littlepigboy5

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Thinking of purchasing a new simultaneous dual band router and had some questions.
1) Does this create 2 seperate networks to connect to or does it see what device is connecting and tell it to connect to either 2.4 or 5 ghz
2) What would I use if i wanted to extend this network? I currently have a modem that acts as a router and 2 apple airport extremes, 1 at the top and bottom of the house, that create networks off of it. Obviously i would have to get an extender or repeater(please explain to me the difference) to support extending both networks.
3) if i connect to the router through ethernet, is it the 5ghz or 2.4 ghz connection, or are the 2.4 and 5ghz only pertaining to wifi.
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1. It depends how you configure it, if you use different SSID then you can control which is connected if you use the same ssid then the end device will select based on signal strength.
2. The marketing guys have done their very best to confuse everyone so there is no consistent usage of those terms. A repeater in general means it receives a radio signal and then sends a second copy over the same radio. You would need a repeater that supports both bands if you wanted to retransmit both radio frequencies. Most other things that for example take a ethernet signal and transmit it over radio or the reverse are best called a bridge but the marketing guys call them all kinds of things.
3. It is neither it is ethernet. A AP or router will...
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1. It depends how you configure it, if you use different SSID then you can control which is connected if you use the same ssid then the end device will select based on signal strength.
2. The marketing guys have done their very best to confuse everyone so there is no consistent usage of those terms. A repeater in general means it receives a radio signal and then sends a second copy over the same radio. You would need a repeater that supports both bands if you wanted to retransmit both radio frequencies. Most other things that for example take a ethernet signal and transmit it over radio or the reverse are best called a bridge but the marketing guys call them all kinds of things.
3. It is neither it is ethernet. A AP or router will convert the signals from ethernet to either/both 2.4 and 5g.
 
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