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Originally Posted by RedClifford

Sorry I did word that quite incorrectly..
2.4GHz in reality reaches farther, but 5GHz will have less interference, in most houses, interference is the bigger issue than distance. I probably should have noted that, my apologies.

Just in my experience 5GHz has better performance in a multi-story building. You'll have less disconnects on that frequency..
But of course it will be a shorter radius.

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In my house 5GHz seems really useless at penetrating all the thick walls, including a thick metal fireplace, yet 2.4GHz seems to do a better job. Would having a dual-band router be a problem in that it's not really 5GHz? It's what I'ver never understood as I've heard this mentioned a lot but it doesn't seem to live up to those expectations :/