[Shop-talk] Router for the garage

[PJ McGarvey]

Your wifi router may give you the option of creating separate 2.4G and 5G SSIDs (basically the network name you see broadcasting). I do this on an Asus RT-AC86U. Typically the 2.4G freq provides more range, and the 5G is faster under ideal conditions.  Do this, and then config your plug to connect to the 2.4 network.

If not, you can attach a 2.4G Wifi access point to the Wifi router and it should do what you need. Just don't put the access point in a router mode, or you may have connectivity issues. It should have an "access point" mode, or something appropriate to just "extend" the local network.

I use a Ubiquiti UAP-AC-M-US Unifi Mesh Access Point, which is weather-rated, so I can provide wifi to my garage and backyard.

PJ

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From: Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 9:55 AM
To: shop-talk at autox.team.net <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Router for the garage

I just installed a wi-fi extender so I could control a garage door
opener. It connects to either 2.4 and 5.0 devices (I think the opener is
2.4 only but, not sure):

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NR2VMNC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

On 8/10/2020 9:25 PM, Robert Nogueirao wrote:
> I’d like to use some smart plugs out in the garage so I can turn the fan and vacuum on or off via voice command.   The problem is the wifi router provided by my internet provider is a 2.4 ghz/5ghz router which switches between the two depending on the speed and signal strength.  The two smart plugs I have require 2.4ghz. The result is half the time the don’t work.
> Can I simply plug a 2.4ghz router into the port on the 2.4/5 GHz router, give it a name and use that connection in the garage for the smart plugs?   Will the 2.4/5 router see it simply as another device?
> It sure would be nice to not have to walk across the garage to turn on the fan or vacuum.
> Thanks for any help
> Bob Nogueira
>
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