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Device to connect to 5Ghz band and transmit 2.4Ghz (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi,

I'm looking for a small portable device that will allow me to connect to an Airbnb 5Ghz signal and broadcast my own 2.4Ghz signal to connect a baby cam which only works on 2.4Ghz. A signal repeater or booster would be nice to have to. Ability to act as a hot spot by latching onto my iPhone would also be nice for locations that don't have any wifi at all.

A lot of places I visit annoyingly have poor wifi coverage but more importantly, sometimes only signal 5Ghz band and my baby camera cannot connect to the network at all. The baby cam connects to the cloud.

Thanks

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The issue you will likely have is 5Ghz coverage is not as vast as 2.4Ghz, so for the repeater to be close enough to the initial hub to connect on 5Ghz and provide a usable 2.4Ghz band it will just overlap the signal and you won't gain much or any coverage.

PowerLine adapter with Wi-Fi on the slave?

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