Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2021 22:20:07 -0800 From: Bakul Shah <bakul@iitbombay.org> To: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <wireless@freebsd.org> Subject: Is there a way to force connecting to the 5Ghz wifi band? Message-ID: <BFD4B0A8-B423-4FF5-A1F1-3D8E36C586A1@iitbombay.org>
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I have to disable the 2.4Ghz band on the wifi router for my FreeBSD laptop to connect at 5Ghz. If both bands are enabled, it always connects at the lower freq (and lower throughput). I don't see an obvious parameter to set in wifi_supplicant.conf. I could use a different SSID for each band but wondering why isn't the higher speed preferred at least by default. dmesg reports iwm0: <Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 9260> at device 0.0 on pci3 iwm0: hw rev 0x320, fw ver 34.3125811985.0, address 48:89:e7:81:ab:c3 I am running -current. Thanks! Bakul
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