How to force Archer T6E 1300AC to prefer 5GHz over 2.4GHz?
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I recently got an Archer T6E 1300AC and I'm having trouble connecting to my 5GHz network. My router is providing 2.4GHz as well as 5Ghz access. When I disable 2.4GHz, the card connects to the 5GHz network just fine, I'm struggling however to force it to use 5GHz when both 2.4GHz and 5GHz are enable (I cannot permanently disabel 2.4GHz as there are other devices relying on it). I'm using Win 10 64-bit Version 10.0.18362 Build 18362.
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- Right click windows logo in lower right bar
- Choose "Device Manager"
- Expand Network adapters
- Right click the "TP-LINK 802.11ac" device and choose "Properties"
- Click the "Advanced" tap and in "Property:" find "Band Preference"
- Choose "Prefer 802.11a"
That did it for me without any need for special drivers or any other settings.
(I am using Google Nest, which is nice but is truly limited in the advanced settings department.)
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@djookz All of these are great replies. I found another solution that may help. If your wifi router has a combined 5ghz and 2ghz band in a single SSID name, I had some success forcing it to prefer the 5ghz band with faster speeds.
First try setting the "Prefer 802.11a"
Credit to @Frakke
- Right click windows logo in lower right bar
- Choose "Device Manager"
- Expand Network adapters
- Right click the "TP-LINK 802.11ac" device and choose "Properties"
- Click the "Advanced" tap and in "Property:" find "Band Preference"
- Choose "Prefer 802.11a"
That did it for me without any need for special drivers or any other settings.
(I am using Google Nest, which is nice but is truly limited in the advanced settings department.)
Then in that same menu:
- Select "2G Bandwidth Capability" setting (Near the top of the property tab)
- Choose the value to be "2.4G: 20MHz"
This gave me much faster speeds on my 5ghz band than before. I think this setting forces all 2.4ghz connections to be exclusive to the 20MHz band leaving 40MHz to be exclusive to 5ghz connections. Definitely worth a shot for much faster speeds
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