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[James Knott]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> So you are completely wrong.  Using one SSID makes it harder for the user.
>
>    
When I've set up dual band equipment, it has been for business 
customers, where the user shouldn't have to know about the WiFi bands.  
As I mentioned in the other note, when I use multiple IDs, it's to 
connect for different VLANs, as some places may have for staff & visitor 
use.  The visitor SSID & VLAN is configured to be similar to that guest 
mode, where the visitors can only access the internet and not the 
corporate LAN.

> I want
> the 5GHz connection, even if the 2.4GHz has a better signal strength
It's been my experience that the band is chosen according to the order 
of the connection in the connection list.  However, this experience has 
only been with Windows, as I haven't had the occasion to try it in Linux.



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