I called each one by the same SSID as I don't really care which my phone connects to and I'm happy for it to connect to either, roam between them both whenever it needs to.
Bought some smart plugs.
Now I'm not really convinced by all this smart stuff but having taken advantage of Echo Dots at the cheapest they've ever been, I purchased two and have found them fairly useful for playing music from Spotify.
I could use the app and a speaker we already have but... well... I guess this means I can be lazy and just use voice commands.
Now to the smart plugs and actual question...
They use 2.4GHz wireless only. When I try and connect them to the router, they don't like it when 5GHz is on so I've turned it off.
Apart from speed, is there any real problem with only having 2.4GHz?
I feel a bit old fashioned ut the plugs were only £15 for two. Perhaps I should have invested in proper Alexa ones... Although I see they only work with 2.4GHz too.
Cheers
Edited by Jason S. Changed thread title for accuracy
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Sir Topham Hatt
My router does 2.4GHz and 5GHz.
I called each one by the same SSID as I don't really care which my phone connects to and I'm happy for it to connect to either, roam between them both whenever it needs to.
Bought some smart plugs.
Now I'm not really convinced by all this smart stuff but having taken advantage of Echo Dots at the cheapest they've ever been, I purchased two and have found them fairly useful for playing music from Spotify.
I could use the app and a speaker we already have but... well... I guess this means I can be lazy and just use voice commands.
Now to the smart plugs and actual question...
They use 2.4GHz wireless only. When I try and connect them to the router, they don't like it when 5GHz is on so I've turned it off.
Apart from speed, is there any real problem with only having 2.4GHz?
I feel a bit old fashioned ut the plugs were only £15 for two. Perhaps I should have invested in proper Alexa ones... Although I see they only work with 2.4GHz too.
Cheers
Edited by Jason S.Changed thread title for accuracy
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