Our newest internet equipment has up to three radios and band steering. Learn how to use these features to make your Wi-Fi network better.
Looking to get faster Wi-Fi® speed and solve connection and coverage issues? Our newest All-Fi Hubs® and Wi-Fi gateways are equipped with up to three radio bands and band steering technology to help you overcome these issues.
When your Wi-Fi gateway or All-Fi Hub has band steering, it automatically guides your wireless devices to the best radio band. For example, if a newer 5GHz device connects to a 2.4GHz signal, it might not get the best performance. Some of your older devices won’t work on a 5GHz signal. Since your devices don’t know which radio band to connect to, our newest equipment steers your devices to the right radio band.
It’s like adding a fast lane for your Wi-Fi devices. Newer devices can connect to the 5GHz or 6GHz radio and not get stuck behind slower 2.4GHz devices. And, if a 6GHz device reaches the outer coverage boundaries of its signal, the gateway steers it to the 2.4GHz or 5GHz signal to keep its connection.
For band steering to work, make sure the radios on your gateway or hub have the same Wi-Fi network name and password. This is the default setting. If you have changed the network names or passwords, change them back so all radios have matching Wi-Fi info.