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I have a Netgear router and a WiFi extender. When I click on my WiFi icon there are several of my own networks available. Does the computer automatically select the fastest with the best reception? Or, should I get an app to check the different networks?
MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.53 GHz), OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)
Hi,
I also have a Netgear router and it chooses which network to use by itself, so I suspect it's choosing the one with better reception.
Hi,
I also have a Netgear router and it chooses which network to use by itself, so I suspect it's choosing the one with better reception.
I think it choose the first up, independent of speed—it is not that smart.
You can arrange priority in drop down
>Sys Pref>Network>Advanced>WiFi
It chooses the one at the top of the list.
2 key words: "I suspect" which is another way of saying i assume,
Obviously there is a correct answer but we don't know it yet.
Thanks for getting me to look at that sys pref screen again. I had missed the drag preference.
BTW it was fun removing all the networks I had used when traveling!
I thought you were talking about this. My two networks are NETGEAR01 AND NETGEAR01-5G. Sometimes it is reset to NETGEAR01 after a restart, and I have to choose NETGEAR01-5G. It chooses this by itself, not by my moving the order in Sys Prefs.
If for some reason it can't connect to the one at the top of the list it falls through the list to the first one it can connect to.
Still looking for right answer--need an Apple tech who knows to get in here!
Well you are receiving the correct answer.
If you have only one network you connect to, and have a simultaneous dual band router—then yes it will choose the fastest between the two. This is the function of simultaneous dual band.
I think you needed to be more specific in the original question, to get a definitive answer.
I have a dual net gear, 5g and 2? G. Also listed is network from a netgear WiFi extender and a DVR whole house TV router. All of these show up as network choices that I can select.
I think that it is a reasonable question to ask if my computer will automatically select the fastest.
You've been told what it will select.
When you have more than one Router that you control, you can combine modern Routers into one "Roaming Network", and your Mac will move freely and easily to the fastest connection. If you move around your house, it will hand off from one to another to get the fastest connection it can get.
You combine your Routers by giving them all the same network-name, and the same password. That's it, there is nothing more complex needed.
Selecting the fastest wireless network?
