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Ezb Ver 4/2 &Amp; 5G

Can the EZB V4/2 connect to a 5G network?

I've been running the four EZBs that are running my robot on 2.4G for a long time now. Sometimes when there's lots going on with my home 2.4G network I get some lag. Most noticeable when I'm using voice recognition and the Bing VR API to control my robot and possible other stuff going around the house. I was thinking about switching over to the 5G band on my dual band router. From what I've read I understand that 5G is faster and less cluttered. However it's not as strong a signal? I'd need to transmit the wifi signal through fiberglass and acrylic where the EZB's reside.

Would I be wasting my time by switching if it is possible? I have lots of data being transmitted to my robot when he really gets rocking along with lots of other demands on my home network. I was hoping to give my robot's wifi signal a less cluttered and stronger signal for all that data to flow. I've already placed my home network's router on a cleaner channel less cluttered channel.

Any suggestions are as usual welcomed. ;)


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#1  

Quote:

Can the EZB V4/2 connect to a 5G network?
No.

MXChip (EZB V4/2) wifi specifications: 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n (single stream) WEP, WPA/WPA2 PSK/Enterprise 16.5dBm@11b,14.5dBm@11g 13.5dBm@11n Receiver Sensitivity: -87 dBm Station, Soft AP and Wi-Fi direct

5g vs 2.4g :

Quote:

The primary differences between the 2.4 GHz and 5GHz wireless frequencies are range and bandwidth. 5GHz provides faster data rates at a shorter distance, whereas 2.4GHz offers coverage for farther distances, but may perform at slower speeds.
source: https://www.open-mesh.com.au/uncategorized/the-new-wave-in-wifi-5ghz-vs-2-4-ghz/

My experience: 2.4g: farther distances, and walls/doors in between, slower speed, more prone to network noise and network saturation.

5g: Best data rate, less interference, but short distance, 2/3 rooms.

If you wave multiple controllers my suggestion is:

  1. add a mini PC
  2. connect the EZBs via USB cable
  3. external wifi antenna: 3.1) add wifi card w/external ant. to a mini PC
    or 3.2) add wifi router w/external ant. and use Ethernet connection between wifi router and the mini PC.
#2  

2.4 is the way to go, 5g is nice if you are close and in the same room or 1 room a way but it has a significant drop off. 2.4 has plenty of bandwidth, if you have a decent router 40-60 mbps is average for 2.4.

#3  

what router are you using Dave?

#4  

Thanks for the info guys. This really helps.

I'm connecting to an Engenius EAP600 access point. It's hard wired with an ethernet cable to the Modem/Router that Xfinity gave me when I joined their caball. Not really sure what it actually is but it looks a lot like a Netgear C7100V Nighthawk DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem and Router that I found on the internet when trying to find out what this thing actually is.

#5  

sounds like whatever the cable company gave you is choking at times, maybe you should get your own router too hook up to that access point.

#6  

The current one I'm using from Xfinity is connected by a round coax cable. Do I need a Modem/ router like the one Xfinity gave me or can I use a regular router? I have a nice RT-AC66U Dual Band 3x3 802.11AC Gigabit Router but there's no way to hook up the coax cable.

I'm a little out of my element with this stuff. I'm not sure if I can take the signal provided by Xinfity and feed it into a router without a modem.

Edit: OK, Google is my friend. I found lots of good advice that answers my questions and gives instructions on setting up a second router. Yes I need a Cable modem.