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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.</div>
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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
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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. </div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 11, 2020 9:55 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> shop-talk@autox.team.net <shop-talk@autox.team.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Shop-talk] Router for the garage</font>
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<div class="PlainText">I just installed a wi-fi extender so I could control a garage door
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opener. It connects to either 2.4 and 5.0 devices (I think the opener is <br>
2.4 only but, not sure):<br>
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<a href="https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NR2VMNC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1">https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NR2VMNC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1</a><br>
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On 8/10/2020 9:25 PM, Robert Nogueirao wrote:<br>
> 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.<br>
> 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?<br>
> It sure would be nice to not have to walk across the garage to turn on the fan or vacuum.<br>
> Thanks for any help<br>
> Bob Nogueira<br>
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