Disable BT-WiFi operating on the 5Ghz Band.

With the Home Hub 4, 2 further SSID's are broadcasted. They are:
BTWifi
BTWifi-with-FON
Both of these SSID's provide the same service. I am assuming BT done the "with-FON" to show they have partnered with FON or some other reason.
For me. I think it should be disabled on the 5Ghz. Firstly, the user won't have a significant speed increase, due to it being limited on BTWifi anyway. It also has limited range as well. So it may not reach the user. Also when it does broadcast the BTWifi it should only broadcast one, BTWifi or BTWifi-with-FON. Which ever they want.

ldavid wrote:
I have been told in the past by people of varying degrees of knowledge, that I cant just change out the card.
Is this true? Do I need to go into Bios??.
Thanks
Dave
That's correct, this is why I posted the link to a service guide for the laptop. The card is listed in the manual so no BIOS modding is necessary. There are 2 compatible adapters but Intel is better than Broadcom..
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I want to operate on the 5ghz band with my wireless router. on my HP Pavillion dm4 1160us

I have a:
HP Pavillion dm4 1160us laptop
Intel WiFi Link 1000 bgn internal network card
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit operating sys
Netgear n600 WNDR 3800-100nas (Premium Edition) wireless router
It operates fine on the 2.4 ghz band as it should but Id like to replace the network card with a dual band card to operate on the 5ghz band at up to 300 or 450 mbps.
What are my options
Tx
Dave LeBlanc
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ldavid wrote:
I have been told in the past by people of varying degrees of knowledge, that I cant just change out the card.
Is this true? Do I need to go into Bios??.
Thanks
Dave
That's correct, this is why I posted the link to a service guide for the laptop. The card is listed in the manual so no BIOS modding is necessary. There are 2 compatible adapters but Intel is better than Broadcom..
Dv6-7000 /Full HD/Core i5-3360M/GF 650M/Corsair 8GB/Intel 7260AC/Samsung Pro 256GB
Testing - HP 15-p000
HP Touchpad provided by HP
Currently on Debian Wheeze
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Does the iPhone 4S support the 5GHz band?

While the iPhone 4 supported 803.11(n), it did so only on the 2.4GHz band. I can't find any information about this for the 4S. Does anyone know if it supports the 5Ghz band?
Sorry....I asked too quickly. The answer is NO. See http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html
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stevenfromwaterdown wrote:
I wan't to use my 5ghz wifi on my iPhone 4S but it can't see the SSID for my 5ghz network. The specs page for the iPhone 4S states it uses:
802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi (802.11n 2.4GHz and 5GHz).
No, it does not state that.
The 4S does not have the 5GHz radio.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/compare-iphones/

After upgrading to Mountain Lion, I cannot connect to my Airport Extreme on the 5GHz band (2.4GHz works fine)...what's going on?

I have been having intermittent/no wireless success on the 5GHz band of my Airport Extreme. I'm on an iMac early 2008. It was working fine before upgrading to Mountain Lion. I have tried many things (deleting the wireless network, readding it, changing settings on the AirPort Extreme, deleting the 5GHz network on that and readding it, running diagnostics) but nothing has fixed it. I can switch to the 2.4GHz band and it works flawlessly. This must be a software problem since it only started happening when I upgraded the OS.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

No it isn't, I have tried 4 different mountain lion machines connected to a 5Ghz and it works just fine. It is with your machine hence we need to fix it
create a new location and see if that fixes your issue, If not trash Macintosh HD/Library/System Configuration
That is a folder so trash it > restart the computer > create a new location

Wrt610N please help ps3 remote play and also nothing sees the 5ghz band

I have finaly hooked everything up last night. I have everyything on mac filter and static IP address. Questions is though I would like to have my laptop D-link extreme N adapter and my ps3 on the 5ghz band. Can I do this... cause Im looking in the settings and it says Mixed,, N only, A only.... I thought it could do G also.... PLease explain there...I cant even get my laptop adapt to see the 5ghz band! Weird.... Also Im trying to get my ps3 on the best connection possible.. I would like to also have remote play through the net. Heres my problem... I enable it on the ps3 turn off the system.....and about 1 or 2 minutes it turns on by itself... IT does this quiete frequently... Again I have a wrt610N dual band wireless router. I thought I read somewhere if you change the broadcast channel it will help with the remote play..so I placed it on channel 11 and also placed the ps3 in the dmz... I am away from my home so I will try more out later...I woudl like to take the ps3 out of dmz if possible... I have unup enabled. THanks!!

Beside doing DMZ for your PS3, you better Open the Ports for your PS3 on your Linksys Router. TCP Ports: 10070 - 10080, UDP Ports: 50000 ,UDP Ports: 6000-7000, 10070. This will solve your Problem.

Printer will not print things from the 5GHZ Band.

Hi. So, I have a printer. It is on the 2.4Ghz band and it does not support the 5Ghz band. So I have a problem here, whenever I have a device conected to the 5Ghz band and print, it won't. However, if I am on the 2.4Ghz band it prints.
I don't know why it don't work. The IP Address software says it can find it, but it still won't print!
I recently changed my HomeHub SSID, so I had to reconnect all my devices. And it still don't print. I have currently, the Home Hub 4.
Also, I am looking ao ordering the BT dual-band dongle sepratley, will it still fit through the letter box?...The packaging?
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I found I needed to reconfigure my Wireless so the SSID's for the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz did not use the same name
ie I appended a 2 to the 2.4Ghz wireless SSID and a 5 to the 5Ghz one
This was because some dual band devices would occasionally hope between both occasionally causing disconnections
Separating the SSID made it nice and easy to see which I was using and when and resolved all my issues, especially as I could tie key devices to 5Ghz, and not so key ones to 2.4Ghz by not defining the other SSID on them to autoconnect
I don't know if this solution will help for your issue, but it helped with mine

Getting xbox to see the 5ghz band

I just upgraded to a wrt400n router so that I could try to avoid the bottleneck that I was getting using an older linksys g router. I'd like to direct the xbox only to the 5ghz band and just run the laptops on the 2.4 band, but at the moment the xbox is only "seeing" the 2.4 network id. The xbox wireless adapter supports both bands. I went to the 1-800 number for Cisco but they were no help at all. Xbox was no help either. any ideas?

the paperwork for the adaptors on both my son's and my husband's x-boxes says that they work on 5ghz and 2.5 ghz. My son's x-box, which is fairly close to the router, now recognizes and operates on the 5 ghz band. I don't know why it started working, I didn't do anything to the settings. My husband's x-box, which is farther from the router, sometimes sees the 5ghz band, but won't connect on it; at a guess, I'd say it's dropping the signal. I have the fastest service roadrunner provides. Is this an issue with the roadrunner service, do you think, or is it more likely something to do with the distance between my husband's x-box and the router? Is the 2.4 ghz better at greater distances?

Could wifi with a university network drop often because of a 5ghz band connection?

Hey guys,
I've been having wifi issues at my school/work (same location) with the connection dropping randomly. It seems to happen several times an hour. I purchased a MBA months ago and had no problems with wifi connectivity till recently. My school has acquired a new access point in the facility. It was right around the release of Mavericks. So now I've become unclear on whether it's the network or the new OS. Anyways, the network is WPA 2 enterprise with dual-band connectivity. This past week I have done my fair share of studying on dual-band technology and now understand perks and downfalls to 2.4ghz versus 5ghz bands. That reading was due to a connection issue at home. However, today I finally realized that I was connected to the 5ghz band at work/school by using the option key and clicking the wifi icon. After browsing through several forums, I was still unsure if A) the 5ghz band was responsible for wifi dropping, and B) Whether or not I could disable the wifi from defaulting to the 5ghz and use 2.4ghz as a solution instead.
Since I could not find answers to those two questions I have tried the following...
I changed the MTU to "1453" since it's the so-called "magic number" for mac's. And yes, so far it is the magic number because the wifi has not dropped once since applying it. I'm still standing by, convinced it will drop. Wireless diagnostics is currently monitoring if it does. Typically I use the ethernet adapter so I don't have to worry about any of this. That's a fix, but not the one I'm looking for. It's flat out annoying! I know I can try renewing the DHCP lease as well. I haven't done it yet because I'm seeing if the MTU was the sole source of the problem. I've already performed basic troubleshooting and like usual it didn't solve anything. That's not to say that restarting doesn't cover a higher percentage of issues!
Honestly the MTU change could be the end of my problems, but I'd still like some insight on my two questions in the first paragraph. Any guidance is strongly appreciated. I've been loving my mac and the community since I made the switch not too long ago. I'm just still familiarizing myself with everything. Thanks in advance for any help!

That's correct.
When it's unable to obtain an IP address from a DHCP server, machines are supposed to self-assign themselves an address from the 169.254.x.x range.
This is so that you can, for example, connect two machines with an Ethernet cable or via Wi-Fi without the need for a DHCP server and the two machines will be able to talk to each other.
(If you care, you can read the technical details here.)
So the big question here is why your machine is failing to obtain an address via DHCP, and it sounds like an issue with the DHCP servers on your network.
If you want to read more than you probably would ever want to know about how one campus is dealing with similar issues, you can here.)

Do I have to set up the 5Ghz wireless band network or is it automatic?

I'm hoping someone can give me advice on how I should best proceed.....
I have an old (7 years) Belkin 802.11g F1PI241EGau 'gateway' that was provided by my ISP when I switched over to their service in February 2006, which I use to access the Internet via ADSL. I also have a 500 GB 802.11n Time Capsule Model A1302 which is connected to the Belkin via an Ethernet cable. Until last week my network also consisted of 2 x 802.11g AirPort Expresses that I used to extend the range of my network throughout my house. Getting any of the devices to achieve reasonable 'reach' is challenging because the house is on three levels, has double brick walls and steel-reinforced concrete floors.
Last week I bought an 802.11n AirPort Express and, simultaneously, one of my 802.11g AirPort Expresses 'died' when I tried to re-configure my network to add the 802.11n AX to it.
I have read that the range of the 802.11n devices is much greater than 802.11g. I decided to 'forget' my remaining 802.11g AirPort Express and see if my network would work with just the TIme Capsule and the new AirPort Express (both 802.11n). It does. The signal to my Apple TV is now only 3 bars, not 5, but it doesn't seem to affect its functionality.
As both the Time Capsule and the new AirPort Express are 802.11n they are both capable of functioning on the 5GHz band. Is there an advantage to this? What should I do in AirPort Express to 'turn on' the 5GHz band?
Can the 5GHz band have the same wireless network name as the 2.4GHz band?
Apart from the Apple TV, we have two iPads (version 3), one iPhone 3GS, one iPhone 5 and a MacBook (late 2008 aluminium unibody) as 'clients' on the wireless network.
Lastly, when I set up my network I set the Time Capsule to 'Create a Network' but it is in 'Bridge' mode to avoid double NAT problems with the Belkin gateway. The Airport Express is set to 'Join a Network'.
If someone can tell me whether there is a better way to setup my network I would be very grateful.
Cheers
Tricia

Bob said:
"Nothing....if you have the simultaneous dual band version of the AirPort Express. It is already providing both a 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz signal"
I agree that "nothing" should be done but...
FWIW: Using Airport Utility 6.3.2 I get the following options for my Airport Express 1st Generation. There is a similar option for Airport Utility 5.6.1 under the "Radio Mode" pull-down. Using Wi-Fi Explorer ($3 on the App Store) I see that only a 2.4GHz signal is available even when standing directly next to it (vs both a 2.4 GHz and 5GHz signal from my Airport Extreme 802.11ac)
Point being that the Airport Express(n) does not appear to provide both 2.4 and 5 at the same time.
This Airport Express (n) is configured for a "roaming" network, meaning it is connected via ethernet back to the cable modem which also has the Airport Extreme (ac) connected via ethernet.
As an aside, and since I walked all the way over to the barn to check this out, my MacPro appears to still be using the Airport Extreme for its connection even though Wi-Fi Explorer shows a much weaker signal. I am in the barn now. The Airport Express is the top line in the graph which when at the house, disappears on occasion although it is always accessible via Airport Utility. (The Airport Express(n) is the third in the list)
I am using Airport Utility 6.3 which shows that the Airport Extreme (ac) is the AP my Mac is running through.
My MacPro is the third Mac Address in this list 70:56:...
Interesting too, now that I am in the Barn, both Airport Utility applications do NOT have access to the Airport Express (n) even though Wi-Fi Explorer continues to show a strong signal from that system. (BTW, I also have 4 bars of wireless in the menu bar) (FWIW: I also quit and restarted Airport Utility) Based on further information below, it appears that my MacPro is NOT switching to a 2.4GHz network.
As an experiment, I turned off my wireless on the MacBook and turned it back on again. Airport Utility now shows me connected to the Airport Express(n) in the barn.
Here is Wi-Fi Explorer as I return to the house (approximately 125ft) Note the colors have been reallocated and don't match the previous screenshots. The list has also changed.
At this point, my menubar on the MacPro usually shows 2 bars but often rises to 4. However, it is clear my MacPro is still connected to the Airport Express in the barn because response is horrid and Airport Utility still shows that AP is servicing my MacPro. (I cannot show that screen shot since it is a popup that disappears when I move the cursor.)
To switch back to the Airport Extreme (ac), I have to shut the wireless on my Mac off and turn it back on again.
I assume that I am connected to the 5GHz subnet since Airport Utility shows my data rate is 450Mps.
Something I had noticed until now, it also shows that my PHY is 802.11a/n.
This brings up several questions, which I should post somewhere else since my only purpose here was to suggest that an Airport Express (n) does NOT broadcast in both wireless ranges at the same time.

11n AirPort 5GHz Band configuration using the Airport utility for PC

I am trying to configure a new AirPort Extreme Base Station to operate in the 5GHz band. I am using a PC with the Airport utility to connect to the base station. Using the utility, in the base station manual setup I am able to select 802.11n (802.11a compatible) however I am unable to select a channel in the 5GHz band. Also, once I update the settings (5 GHz band) to the base station it goes to channel 1 which is in the 2.4 GHz band. As a result, I have the following 2 questions:
1) How do I set up my base station to operate in the 5GHz band?
2) How can I specify a channel in the A band?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Windows XP

You should be able to configure if the Airport Extreme (n)'s LAN ethernet is plugged into your ethernet. If the WAN is plugged, you will be blocked untill you specifically setup the AEXBS to let it be configured over the WAN port. But to do that you need to be able to configure, so see my first statement. Or use wireless, as someone else has suggested.
Jeff

Linksys WRT400N - Unable to Connect to 5GHz Band

Good Evening -
I am on my last nerve regarding my situation and I am hoping someone on this board can help me in some way, some form. My Linksys WRT400N router is not under warranty anymore so I can't receive any assistance through Linksys.
I have a Dell Vostro 3400 running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. The wireless card in the Vostro is a DW1520 Wireless-N Half-Mini Card. This card can operate in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz band spectrum. Obviously, the Linksys WRT400N is a dual-band router and broadcasts in the 2.4 GHZ and 5GHz band simultaneously.
I originally had a DW1501 Wireless-N Half-Mini Card. Apparently, there was a known issue with this card with regards to connecting to a 5GHz frequency. With the DW1501 I was never able to connect to the 5GHz band ,,, the card would "see" the 5GHz band but it would never be able to connect to it. While on a support call with Dell wireless, they admitted that the DW1501 has an issue with actually connecting ("seeing") to a 5GHz band.
Dell offered to replace the DW1501 card with the DW1520. So, now my Dell Vostro has a DW1520 and it is able to "see" the 2.4GHz and the 5GHz bands. I am actually able to connect at 130 Mbps on the 2.4GHz band which is better than what I was connecting at ... which had been 65 Mbps. Now, the DW1520 card can also "see" the 5GHz band AND it can actually "connect" to the 5GHz band. When I "connect", I connect anywhere between 170 and 243Mbps, or thereabouts. So all is good until I actually open a browser and try and surf the net. When I do this, nothing happens ... it's like I am connected to the Internet but not really. So then I have to disconnect from the 5GHz and connect back the the 2.4 GHz band.
I spent nearly 2 hrs. on the phone this afternoon with another Dell technician trying to find out why I could connect to the 5GHz band but not actually surf the Internet via a browser. After 2hrs, the Dell technician could not find a resolution. However, we have possibly narrowed it down to the Linksys WRT400N router. At this point, I no idea what the issue is. The Dell technician said that I may have to re-install Windows 7 Pro 64-bit. I totally disagree. I have downloaded all recent DW1520 drivers and the Linksys WRT400N has the one and only firmware version. The Dell tech also recommended "resetting" the Linksys WRT400N. I have not done this yet ... but will.
So ... I don't know what else to do or where to turn. Is there a setting in my Linksys WRT400N router that I am not aware of that will allow me to connect to the 5GHz band? I have disabled my MacAfee firewall ... nothing. I have checked over everything I can think of ... I have researched the Internet for the optimal settings for the Linksys WRT400N. I have made those changes. Nothing. I don't have any IP address populated within the Wireless MAC filter settings within the Linksys WRT400N. I have done the ipconfig steps and have "refreshed" and "renewed" the ip addresses.
What leads me to believe that there is something not set correctly with my Linksys WRT400N (or maybe it's my AT&T Siemens modem that provides the gateway to the Internet) is that I am seeing the EXACT same issue that a state above with my Dell Precision M4400 Mobile Workstation laptop. That has a Intel WiFi 5300 ABGN network card in it. Same thing ... it actually connects to the 5GHz band, but I can't surf the net.
Finally, when I go to the Linksys WRT400N setup page and I go to Wireless > Wireless Basic Setup and change the Network Mode for the 5GHz band from Mixed to Wireless-A Only, I can actually connect to the 5GHz band but only at 54Mbps.
So, I am at a loss. I am not sure what to do, where to look or turn, nor what to or what not to configure. Any advice on optimal network settings or anything regarding this post would be greatly appreciated. This is like buying a nice sports car and not being able to get out of second gear. What's the use?
Thank you in advance.

Most likely the router. you said that 2 different laptops have the same EXACT problem. Try this (in order): Reflash the firmware, reset the router then reconfigure the wireless settings. Set the channel width and channels to AUTO.

E8350 5GHZ Band and Macbook Pro

I saw another thread like this but really this should be brought to Linksys attention. The 5GHZ band is extremely slow with my Macbook Pro Retina (2012). It takes around 30 seconds to load any webpage if it loads at all. No other device has a problem and my macbook works with every other router at 5GHZ. The 2.4GHZ works fine. The strange thing is, the problem even happens when going straight to the router to make changes in the menu, not even outside the local network. It will take 30+ seconds to load any page in the router settings (sometimes it doesn't load at all). Oddly enough, it will load the login page instantly, anything other than that takes forever. The wifi networks aren't overlapping channels with each other, or my neighbors either. Any help would be appreciated.

ping www.yahoo.com: 64 bytes from 206.190.36.45: icmp_seq=0 ttl=51 time=51.218 ms64 bytes from 206.190.36.45: icmp_seq=1 ttl=51 time=52.501 ms64 bytes from 206.190.36.45: icmp_seq=2 ttl=51 time=54.525 ms64 bytes from 206.190.36.45: icmp_seq=3 ttl=51 time=53.394 ms64 bytes from 206.190.36.45: icmp_seq=4 ttl=51 time=54.045 ms ping 192.168.1.1: 64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=5.090 ms64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=5.049 ms64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=5.051 ms64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=5.037 ms64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=2.599 ms64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=403.588 ms64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=5.093 ms64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=2.620 ms64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=2.573 ms64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=4.886 ms64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=10 ttl=64 time=4.870 ms64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=11 ttl=64 time=66.202 ms64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=12 ttl=64 time=5.349 ms64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=13 ttl=64 time=5.136 ms64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=14 ttl=64 time=5.199 ms64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=15 ttl=64 time=2.441 ms64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=16 ttl=64 time=5.079 ms64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=17 ttl=64 time=4.876 ms64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=18 ttl=64 time=2.521 ms64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=19 ttl=64 time=176.117 ms traceroute www.yahoo.com: (5GHZ) -traceroute: Warning: www.yahoo.com has multiple addresses; using 206.190.36.105-traceroute to fd-fp3.wg1.b.yahoo.com (206.190.36.105), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets 1 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 5.144 ms 5.073 ms 2.451 ms 2 * * * 3 host-69-144-234-41.but-mt.client.bresnan.net (69.144.234.41) 13.573 ms 12.240 ms 8.995 ms 4 mslmt001dr5-xe-5-2-0-u0.int.bresnan.net (69.145.247.150) 14.613 ms 14.926 ms 27.741 ms 5 69.144.26.2 (69.144.26.2) 29.179 ms 30.772 ms 48.891 ms 6 lvtmt001cm1-ge-0-2.int.bresnan.net (72.175.110.76) 32.170 ms 29.580 ms 26.752 ms 7 38.104.126.53 (38.104.126.53) 34.154 ms 38.88.252.73 (38.88.252.73) 32.550 ms 38.104.126.53 (38.104.126.53) 33.458 ms 8 be2084.ccr22.sea01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.0.253) 33.531 ms 30.101 ms be2083.ccr21.sea01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.0.249) 29.549 ms 9 be2077.ccr22.sfo01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.0.241) 49.943 ms be2075.ccr21.sfo01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.0.233) 50.691 ms 50.415 ms10 be2016.ccr21.sjc04.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.0.178) 51.753 ms be2015.ccr21.sjc04.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.7.174) 49.873 ms 51.046 ms11 te0-0-2-0.agr11.sjc04.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.0.98) 52.002 ms te0-0-2-0.agr12.sjc04.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.2.62) 49.915 ms 50.915 ms12 yahoo.sjc04.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.13.190) 58.853 ms 50.280 ms 154.54.14.58 (154.54.14.58) 56.712 ms13 ae-0.pat1.swp.yahoo.com (216.115.110.43) 49.315 ms 50.048 ms 47.520 ms14 216.115.101.109 (216.115.101.109) 52.928 ms 216.115.101.111 (216.115.101.111) 55.749 ms ae-5.pat2.gqb.yahoo.com (216.115.101.197) 56.669 ms15 66.196.67.1 (66.196.67.1) 53.154 ms 66.196.67.5 (66.196.67.5) 56.971 ms 66.196.67.3 (66.196.67.3) 55.908 ms16 98.137.31.133 (98.137.31.133) 55.514 ms unknown-67-195-1-x.yahoo.com (67.195.1.181) 57.360 ms 98.137.31.141 (98.137.31.141) 52.294 ms17 et-17-25.fab3-1-gdc.gq1.yahoo.com (67.195.1.83) 54.626 ms et-18-1.fab3-1-gdc.gq1.yahoo.com (67.195.1.81) 54.123 ms 98.137.31.186 (98.137.31.186) 54.904 ms18 po-11.bas1-7-prd.gq1.yahoo.com (206.190.32.17) 53.385 ms po-10.bas1-7-prd.gq1.yahoo.com (206.190.32.15) 55.489 ms 206.190.32.13 (206.190.32.13) 55.354 ms19 * * *20 * * * This whole process took about 5 minutes to complete. traceroute www.yahoo.com: (2.4GHZ) -traceroute: Warning: www.yahoo.com has multiple addresses; using 206.190.36.45-traceroute to fd-fp3.wg1.b.yahoo.com (206.190.36.45), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets 1 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 3.379 ms 1.040 ms 0.776 ms 2 * * * 3 host-69-144-234-41.but-mt.client.bresnan.net (69.144.234.41) 12.484 ms 20.470 ms 7.765 ms 4 mslmt001dr5-xe-5-2-0-u0.int.bresnan.net (69.145.247.150) 17.085 ms 18.684 ms 41.053 ms 5 seawafh2cr5-xe-3-3-0-u0.int.bresnan.net (69.144.26.2) 26.609 ms 26.746 ms 24.828 ms 6 lvtmt001cm1-ge-0-2.int.bresnan.net (72.175.110.76) 44.030 ms 28.533 ms 26.841 ms 7 te0-0-0-16.ccr21.sea02.atlas.cogentco.com (38.104.126.53) 28.844 ms 39.352 ms 38.88.252.73 (38.88.252.73) 28.130 ms 8 be2084.ccr22.sea01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.0.253) 31.601 ms be2083.ccr21.sea01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.0.249) 29.245 ms be2084.ccr22.sea01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.0.253) 31.962 ms 9 be2077.ccr22.sfo01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.0.241) 47.697 ms be2075.ccr21.sfo01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.0.233) 48.365 ms be2077.ccr22.sfo01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.0.241) 47.435 ms10 be2015.ccr21.sjc04.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.7.174) 48.275 ms 50.377 ms 49.250 ms11 te0-0-2-0.agr11.sjc04.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.0.98) 48.403 ms 49.199 ms 50.759 ms12 yahoo.sjc04.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.14.58) 49.978 ms 47.774 ms yahoo.sjc04.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.14.62) 47.646 ms13 ae-6.pat2.swp.yahoo.com (216.115.100.91) 50.326 ms 47.864 ms 50.907 ms14 ae-7.pat2.gqb.yahoo.com (216.115.101.109) 52.846 ms ae-7.pat1.gqb.yahoo.com (216.115.96.45) 69.071 ms ae-7.pat2.gqb.yahoo.com (216.115.101.109) 53.439 ms15 ae-1.msr2.gq1.yahoo.com (66.196.67.3) 54.056 ms 54.956 ms ae-1.msr1.gq1.yahoo.com (66.196.67.5) 75.433 ms16 xe-1-0-1.clr2-a-gdc.gq1.yahoo.com (98.137.31.133) 53.272 ms unknown-67-195-1-x.yahoo.com (67.195.1.185) 52.265 ms unknown-67-195-1-x.yahoo.com (67.195.1.181) 54.880 ms17 et-17-1.fab3-1-gdc.gq1.yahoo.com (98.137.31.172) 51.487 ms et-18-1.fab7-1-gdc.gq1.yahoo.com (67.195.1.245) 51.412 ms et-17-25.fab4-1-gdc.gq1.yahoo.com (67.195.1.87) 53.990 ms18 po-11.bas1-7-prd.gq1.yahoo.com (206.190.32.17) 71.616 ms po-9.bas1-7-prd.gq1.yahoo.com (206.190.32.13) 64.514 ms po-11.bas2-7-prd.gq1.yahoo.com (206.190.32.33) 50.988 ms19 * * *20 * * * This process took about 10 seconds to complete. netstat -rn: Routing tables Internet:Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expiredefault 192.168.1.1 UGSc 67 67 en0127 127.0.0.1 UCS 0 0 lo0127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 1 26 lo0169.254 link#4 UCS 0 0 en0192.168.1 link#4 UCS 2 0 en0192.168.1.1/32 link#4 UCS 2 0 en0192.168.1.1 b4:75:e:c1:63:2b UHLWIir 69 143 en0 978192.168.1.122/32 link#4 UCS 0 0 en0192.168.1.255 ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff UHLWbI 0 2 en0 Internet6:Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire::1 ::1 UHL lo0fd02:1a5b:2826::/64 link#4 UC en0fd02:1a5b:2826::167:d734:ee1b:422b c8:e0:eb:19:88:87 UHL lo0fd02:1a5b:2826::cae0:ebff:fe19:8887 c8:e0:eb:19:88:87 UHL lo0fe80::%lo0/64 fe80::1%lo0 UcI lo0fe80::1%lo0 link#1 UHLI lo0fe80::%en0/64 link#4 UCI en0fe80::b675:eff:fec1:632b%en0 b4:75:e:c1:63:2b UHLWIi en0fe80::cae0:ebff:fe19:8887%en0 c8:e0:eb:19:88:87 UHLI lo0fe80::%awdl0/64 link#8 UCI awdl0fe80::5c7b:65ff:fe51:6bf4%awdl0 5e:7b:65:51:6b:f4 UHLI lo0ff01::%lo0/32 ::1 UmCI lo0ff01::%en0/32 link#4 UmCI en0ff01::%awdl0/32 link#8 UmCI awdl0ff02::%lo0/32 ::1 UmCI lo0ff02::%en0/32 link#4 UmCI en0ff02::%awdl0/32 link#8 UmCI awdl0 [Process completed] I can make a video showing the differenence. It doesn't seem to show here but it happens...

Wifi connectivity - Yosemite and dual band routers (i.e. BT Home Hub)

This is working for me so far after all previous tips on other Discussions proved only to be temporary. This is the only one that enabled my MBP to accept password for the SSID.
From BT Home Hub - 2011!!
The BT Home Hub 4 and Hub 5 are dual band with two wireless frequencies for devices to connect to: 2.4GHz and 5GHz. On both Hubs, the default setting has the same network name (or SSID) for both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands. Connecting a typical 5GHz-capable device to this single SSID will automatically connect the device to both the 2.4 and 5Ghz frequency at the same time.
However, not all dual band devices behave the same way and some device software does not cope well with a single SSID for both frequencies.
As a result:
the device may not connect wirelessly to the Hub
it may not connect to 5GHz frequency even in the same room
the wireless connection might be intermittent
the wireless connection might be very slow
Devices where there are known to be problems include:
Some Apple devices including iPhone 5 and Apple TV
some Android smartphones
Xbox
For some devices you can solve this problem by having different network names (SSIDs) for the 2.4GHz and the 5GHz bands. To set this up, follow these steps:
Open your web browser on a device connected to the Hub and go to bthomehub.home. This will open the Hub Manager
Click on Advanced Settings and enter your Hub admin password when prompted. Unless you've changed it, you'll find the default Hub password on the Hub settings card
Click on Continue to Advanced Settings
Click on Wireless
Click on 5GHz
Change 'Sync with 2.4 Ghz' to No
Change the 'Wireless SSID' to a new name (we recommend just adding '5GHz' to the end of the existing SSID name so you'll know which one is which)
Click Apply to save the changes
After a few minutes you should see two BT Home Hub SSIDs in the list of networks on your device. All of your devices will still automatically connect to the original SSID name, which will be the 2.4GHz.
If you have existing dual band devices you want to connect to 5GHz only, you'll need to connect them to the 5GHz SSID that you've renamed. AND RESTART the hub - PJ
Note- Even though wireless speeds at 5GHz can be significantly faster than 2.4GHz, the range of a 5GHz connection is not as good. As a result, you may need your device closer to your Hub (than you'd need to when using the 2.4GHz SSID) to get the best performance possible."

Sadly it didn't last...
I just posted this on BT Home Hub users forum. and the big Yosemite/wifi Discussion
"Sorry to awaken this topic from the dead....
I am using HH5a, opted in to FON, and Os10.10 MacBookPro
I have no problem whatsoever connecting and staying connected to 2.4ghz
I struggle since OS10.10 to either connect or stay connected to 5ghz
A persistent issue with trying to connect to 5ghz is the response "invalid password" Only occasionally in the past 3 months has this not been a problem
the app WifiExplorer shows today that the only other networks on the same channels as my networks are the FON wifiX - both of which I presume are using my router/wifi as when I manually change channels these move with me.
Signal strength on 2.4 ghz is between 77 - 85, 5ghz 80+/- 1
Noise and signal noise ratio a lot higher on 2.4 than 5
(There is lots more info on wifi explorer but I dont know its relevance/meaning)
I have tried using manual channel selection and Smart Wireless and can't see much difference in 5ghz connection
Given a choice I would prefer to stay in FON but if there is overwhleming evidence that these hot spot networks are affecting mine, I would consider opting out. Views/ guidance please. Thanks. And a Happy New Year too."
IS ANYBODY ELSE using BT Home Hub5a having this same issue? I BELIEVE it has largely if only been since upgrading to 10.10.1 but can't swear to it.
IS IT SIGNIFICANT THAT SOMETIMES THE PASSWORD TO 5GHZ network is accepted and other times not?

Does naming the 5Ghz network mess up previous networks?

I have been having trouble with streaming through AirPlay; namely, the TV shows I would stream from my computer (MacBook Air) through the AppleTV would be very choppy and laggy. I read on another forum that separating out the bands of the Time Capsule and connecting the just the 2.4 Ghz one would solve the issue.
While I couldn't find information on how to connect to just the 2.4Ghz, I did find out that I could name the 5Ghz and connect to only it. That seems to make the lag better, so yay!
But my question is: Is giving the 5Ghz band a name, and thus having it show up in my list of WiFi networks separate from my main WiFi network, making my old/previous WiFi network run only on 2.4Ghz? I know that computers/iPads/iPods, etc., will connect to whatever band is appropriate, I just want to make sure that by separating out the 5Ghz to use for streaming thru AirPlay isn't screwing up what everything else in my house is connecting to.
So, let's say my main WiFi network is called Main Network. And then I went into AirPort Utility, clicked Wireless Options, gave the 5GHz network a name of Speedy and then saved. Now, when I stream thru the AppleTV I connect my computer to Speedy, and it seems to solve most of my lag problems. But is everything else in the house that's still connected to Main Network only on the 2.4GHz band? Or is that network still dual-band, and all I did was make it so I could force something to connect to the 5Ghz band if I wanted to?
Sorry if this is a really stupid question. I just want to make sure I didn't mess anything up in trying to fix my streaming lag issue.

So now all of my other devices in the house (MacBook Pro, iPad, iPhone, etc.) that are still connecting to the network that existed before are on the 2.4GHz band, and I would have to connect them to the 5GHz band that I named if I wanted them to be on that one?
Yes
Is there any downside to connecting all devices to the 5Ghz band?
Probably not if all devices are capable of connecting to 5 GHz......AND.....all of the devices will be in close proximity to the Time Capsule. That generally means in the same room or they have "line-of-sight" or very close to that ideal with the Time Capsule.
All the fancy ads tout the speed of 5 GHz signals, but what they never tell you is that 5 GHz signals are much weaker than 2.4 GHz signals, so they do not penetrate walls, ceilings, or other obstructions nearly as well as 2.4 GHz signals.
So, if you have a device that is several rooms away from the Time Capsule, chances are good that the 2.4 GHz signal is not only stronger than 5 GHz at that location, it is also faster.
You just have to experiment to find what works best.

MBP won't recognize 802.11n 5ghz band

My sisters MBP can recognize the 5ghz wireless N network but mine wont. My MBP can only detect the 2.4Ghz G network. I am using a Linksys E4200 router. I have it set to where the 2.4Ghz band is using G only and The 5Ghz band is using N only.

Make sure the router is using a 5 GHz channel that the MBP supports.
You can get the list in System Information under WiFi.

Disable BT-WiFi operating on the 5Ghz Band.

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