How to Find Out if You Have 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz Wi-Fi Network?

How to Find Out if You Have 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz Wi-Fi Network?

Most routers come with "dual-band" Wi-Fi, which means they support both 2.4G and 5G Wi-Fi frequency bands. 
Sometimes they use the same SSID (SSID = network name), sometimes they have a unique SSID, such as "Your Wi-Fi" and "Your Wi-Fi_5G".


We are attaching some tips here as a reference to check your home network, hoping to be helpful to you.❤️

Look at Your Available Networks to Find Out if You Have 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz Wi-Fi Network

1. Open up your Wi-Fi menu on your phone or computer, and check if there are multiple options with your Wi-Fi's name. For example: "home_Wi-Fi" and "home_Wi-Fi_5G", "home_Wi-Fi 2.4G" and "home_Wi-Fi", etc.

If there are multiple similar names, choose the one with either 2.4G or nothing extra in the Wi-Fi name. Please do not pick the one with 5G or 5GHz in the Wi-Fi name.
 
If you can’t find the above scenarios on your phone or computer, follow the methods below to check the Wi-Fi channels and network band.

For Android Phone - Check the Frequency Band in the Wi-Fi Setting
Android systems vary by brand
Take the Huawei phone as an example. You can click on the name of the connected Wi-Fi in the Wi-Fi list, and it will display the corresponding information, including the frequency of the wireless network.

For other brands of phones, we suggest you check it in the following way.
1. Open the phone settings.
2. Click on the Wi-Fi option, click on the Wi-Fi you are currently connected to, and check the Wi-Fi properties.

At the same time, you can also check it based on your home's Wi-Fi network speed.
1. Open your phone settings.
2. Click on the Wi-Fi option, click on the Wi-Fi you are currently connected to, and check the Wi-Fi properties.
3. Based on the connection speed displayed, if it is 2.4G Wi-Fi, the propagation speed is usually 80–100 Mbps; if it is 5G Wi-Fi, the propagation speed will be greater than or equal to 433 Mbps.

For iPhone - Install a Wi-Fi Analyzer App
1. Please open the App Store on your phone.
2. Enter "airport" to search.
3. Choose "Airport Utility" and download it.
4. Please find Airport Utility in your phone settings, click to open the app, look down, find Wi-Fi Scanner, and open it.
5. Then open the Airport Utility App and click "Wi-Fi Scan" in the upper right corner, and then Click "Scan"
Channels 1-13 are 2.4g, and those after 13 are 5G.
As shown below:


Tip: If you can see two or more Wi-Fi with the same Wi-Fi name, but their channels are different, it means that your Wi-Fi router is dual-band, and it supports two 2.4g Wi-Fi and 5G Wi-Fi at the same time.

For Windows Computer - Check the Network Band in Wi-Fi Properties
1. Connect to the Wi-Fi network and open your network panel from your taskbar (Click the Wi-Fi icon in the bottom right corner of your computer screen).
2. Click on Properties of your connected network.
3. In the new window that opens, scroll down to the properties section. 
4. The Network Band will be 2.4GHz or 5GHz.



For MacBook /Computers /Laptop - Find Out the Channel Information of Your Wi-Fi

1. Connect to the Wi-Fi network.
2. Hold the “Option” button on the computer keyboard and click the Wi-Fi icon for detailed information in gray about your Wi-Fi. In the middle, it will show which channel your Wi-Fi is using.
3. “Channel” will either say in the brackets 2.4GHz or 5GHz.




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