![]() ![]() It’s generally better to leave your channel setting as 'AUTO' and let your modem do it's thing. However, as a last resort, if you are noticing that your signal is dropping often it is worth manually selecting the least congested channel. Your Slingshot wireless router is already quite smart and automatically changes the Wi-Fi channel to avoid interference from other networks. The reason certain channels aren’t the best choice to use is because they are crowded by many wireless networks trying to talk over each other. Due to the high frequency of 5Ghz, it's signal cannot travel as far as 2.4Ghz. If you’re close to the router and want to enjoy High Definition streaming, you should connect to 5GHz as it has a much greater throughput capability. ![]() Each band can be split into chunks commonly called channels, which isolate a small portion of the frequency to better serve all Wi-Fi devices connected to it.Ģ.4Ghz wireless has great range and will be fine for general browsing, YouTube and Facebook. What are Wi-Fi channels?Ī router can have multiple frequencies to broadcast data, for example, our NF18AC supports two frequency bands: 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz. Before you change your Wi-Fi channel, check out how to fix slow Wi-Fi. This should only be used as a last resort, if you experience frequent signal drops within close range to your modem. Manually selecting your Wi-Fi channel could improve wireless performance if you live in an apartment or suburb with lots of other access points around.
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