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Router 'channels' for home camera

ohdearlouise
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I have a standard Plusnet router, with what appears to be a 5GHz channel.
However my home pet monitoring cameras require a 2.4GHz channel. There doesn't seem to be any settings that I can change to enable this, in the IP web address.
Do I need a different router to do this? If so, which one would be useful.
Thanks in advance.
However my home pet monitoring cameras require a 2.4GHz channel. There doesn't seem to be any settings that I can change to enable this, in the IP web address.
Do I need a different router to do this? If so, which one would be useful.
Thanks in advance.
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IIRC by default the Plusnet One router (the white one with the blue light) will use the same wireless name for both 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz.You can change this from the web interface.0
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ohdearlouise said:I have a standard Plusnet router, with what appears to be a 5GHz channel.
However my home pet monitoring cameras require a 2.4GHz channel. There doesn't seem to be any settings that I can change to enable this, in the IP web address.
Do I need a different router to do this? If so, which one would be useful.
Thanks in advance.
When you say "it appears to be a 5 GHz" channel, what is making you think that?
By default the 2.4 and 5 Ghz will just present with one SSID, if you cameras can see that and connect that that's all good. If your cameras can't see any Wifi then that's a different situ - can you clarify what happens when you try to connect the cameras?0 -
With mine I have to make sure the 2.4 and 5 are using different names, then connect to the 2.4 one. With mine I need to use an app on my phone to connect them, so I also need to make sure that my phone is connected to the 2.4 one as well.0
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Most modern routers default to a single combined 2.4+5GHz channel. As such if you dive into the settings you should be able to "split" the SSIDs into two channels, giving them different names and allowing you connect to the one you need.0
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Neil_Jones said:IIRC by default the Plusnet One router (the white one with the blue light) will use the same wireless name for both 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz.You can change this from the web interface.0
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[Deleted User] said:ohdearlouise said:I have a standard Plusnet router, with what appears to be a 5GHz channel.
However my home pet monitoring cameras require a 2.4GHz channel. There doesn't seem to be any settings that I can change to enable this, in the IP web address.
Do I need a different router to do this? If so, which one would be useful.
Thanks in advance.
When you say "it appears to be a 5 GHz" channel, what is making you think that?
By default the 2.4 and 5 Ghz will just present with one SSID, if you cameras can see that and connect that that's all good. If your cameras can't see any Wifi then that's a different situ - can you clarify what happens when you try to connect the cameras?
When trying to connect to the WiFi they continually “search” and don’t pick anything up.0 -
PRAISETHESUN said:Most modern routers default to a single combined 2.4+5GHz channel. As such if you dive into the settings you should be able to "split" the SSIDs into two channels, giving them different names and allowing you connect to the one you need.
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That's the 2704n, the one before the Hub One (the Hub One is a repackaged HomeHub 5, the 2704n is a repackaged Sagemcom unit of the same name).The 2704n looks like it only supports 2.4Ghz, so to come back to the original query, you don't have a 5Ghz wireless network from that unit. What makes you think you have 5Ghz? Wireless N doesn't mean 5Ghz.0
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ohdearlouise said:[Deleted User] said:ohdearlouise said:I have a standard Plusnet router, with what appears to be a 5GHz channel.
However my home pet monitoring cameras require a 2.4GHz channel. There doesn't seem to be any settings that I can change to enable this, in the IP web address.
Do I need a different router to do this? If so, which one would be useful.
Thanks in advance.
When you say "it appears to be a 5 GHz" channel, what is making you think that?
By default the 2.4 and 5 Ghz will just present with one SSID, if you cameras can see that and connect that that's all good. If your cameras can't see any Wifi then that's a different situ - can you clarify what happens when you try to connect the cameras?
When trying to connect to the WiFi they continually “search” and don’t pick anything up.0
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