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in my 3-floor house i have one main router, and 2 other routers that i changed them to AP's.



there are all in the same network. connected via lan together and Broadcasting the same SSID.
it's working great i have wifi coverage all over the house while my iphone/computer are connected to the same wifi network and there is no need to change the network from my side.



when i am on the 1st floor, (that is where the main router is located) i want be able to connect to him. he offers the AC draft 802.11 network (in 5 ghz)
the other access point offer draft N.



is there a way to tell a win 10 computer that it's higher priority to connect to the ac (5 ghz) network then the 2.4 ghz network ?










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  • There is a way, but it only works for differing SSIDs. I don't see the advantage in having the same SSID.
    – harrymc
    Nov 17 at 15:36










  • the advantage is i don't need to change my wifi network, when moving between floors
    – smounche
    Nov 17 at 16:15












  • Yes, but it will pick up the stronger source, and 2.4 ghz passes walls much better. The advantage with different SSID is that Windows will remember the last-connected, so if the last was the 5 ghz then it will be preferred, and it will only connect to the 2.4 ghz if the 5 ghz was too weak.
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in my 3-floor house i have one main router, and 2 other routers that i changed them to AP's.



there are all in the same network. connected via lan together and Broadcasting the same SSID.
it's working great i have wifi coverage all over the house while my iphone/computer are connected to the same wifi network and there is no need to change the network from my side.



when i am on the 1st floor, (that is where the main router is located) i want be able to connect to him. he offers the AC draft 802.11 network (in 5 ghz)
the other access point offer draft N.



is there a way to tell a win 10 computer that it's higher priority to connect to the ac (5 ghz) network then the 2.4 ghz network ?










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  • There is a way, but it only works for differing SSIDs. I don't see the advantage in having the same SSID.
    – harrymc
    Nov 17 at 15:36










  • the advantage is i don't need to change my wifi network, when moving between floors
    – smounche
    Nov 17 at 16:15












  • Yes, but it will pick up the stronger source, and 2.4 ghz passes walls much better. The advantage with different SSID is that Windows will remember the last-connected, so if the last was the 5 ghz then it will be preferred, and it will only connect to the 2.4 ghz if the 5 ghz was too weak.
    – harrymc
    Nov 17 at 16:22













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in my 3-floor house i have one main router, and 2 other routers that i changed them to AP's.



there are all in the same network. connected via lan together and Broadcasting the same SSID.
it's working great i have wifi coverage all over the house while my iphone/computer are connected to the same wifi network and there is no need to change the network from my side.



when i am on the 1st floor, (that is where the main router is located) i want be able to connect to him. he offers the AC draft 802.11 network (in 5 ghz)
the other access point offer draft N.



is there a way to tell a win 10 computer that it's higher priority to connect to the ac (5 ghz) network then the 2.4 ghz network ?










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in my 3-floor house i have one main router, and 2 other routers that i changed them to AP's.



there are all in the same network. connected via lan together and Broadcasting the same SSID.
it's working great i have wifi coverage all over the house while my iphone/computer are connected to the same wifi network and there is no need to change the network from my side.



when i am on the 1st floor, (that is where the main router is located) i want be able to connect to him. he offers the AC draft 802.11 network (in 5 ghz)
the other access point offer draft N.



is there a way to tell a win 10 computer that it's higher priority to connect to the ac (5 ghz) network then the 2.4 ghz network ?







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  • There is a way, but it only works for differing SSIDs. I don't see the advantage in having the same SSID.
    – harrymc
    Nov 17 at 15:36










  • the advantage is i don't need to change my wifi network, when moving between floors
    – smounche
    Nov 17 at 16:15












  • Yes, but it will pick up the stronger source, and 2.4 ghz passes walls much better. The advantage with different SSID is that Windows will remember the last-connected, so if the last was the 5 ghz then it will be preferred, and it will only connect to the 2.4 ghz if the 5 ghz was too weak.
    – harrymc
    Nov 17 at 16:22


















  • There is a way, but it only works for differing SSIDs. I don't see the advantage in having the same SSID.
    – harrymc
    Nov 17 at 15:36










  • the advantage is i don't need to change my wifi network, when moving between floors
    – smounche
    Nov 17 at 16:15












  • Yes, but it will pick up the stronger source, and 2.4 ghz passes walls much better. The advantage with different SSID is that Windows will remember the last-connected, so if the last was the 5 ghz then it will be preferred, and it will only connect to the 2.4 ghz if the 5 ghz was too weak.
    – harrymc
    Nov 17 at 16:22
















There is a way, but it only works for differing SSIDs. I don't see the advantage in having the same SSID.
– harrymc
Nov 17 at 15:36




There is a way, but it only works for differing SSIDs. I don't see the advantage in having the same SSID.
– harrymc
Nov 17 at 15:36












the advantage is i don't need to change my wifi network, when moving between floors
– smounche
Nov 17 at 16:15






the advantage is i don't need to change my wifi network, when moving between floors
– smounche
Nov 17 at 16:15














Yes, but it will pick up the stronger source, and 2.4 ghz passes walls much better. The advantage with different SSID is that Windows will remember the last-connected, so if the last was the 5 ghz then it will be preferred, and it will only connect to the 2.4 ghz if the 5 ghz was too weak.
– harrymc
Nov 17 at 16:22




Yes, but it will pick up the stronger source, and 2.4 ghz passes walls much better. The advantage with different SSID is that Windows will remember the last-connected, so if the last was the 5 ghz then it will be preferred, and it will only connect to the 2.4 ghz if the 5 ghz was too weak.
– harrymc
Nov 17 at 16:22















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