What if my internet connection is the slowest of them all? Do I need to upgrade Verizon Internet Plan to have a working 5GHz band?If you have a dual band router that is generally what it means. It has a 2.4g and 5g radio.
The internet connection itself is via coax or fiber cable so it does not know anything about what wifi equipment you have attached to it.
5Ghz WIFI is different than 5G cellular. The first is the frequency used in connecting devices on your LAN to the router. The second is the fifth generation of cellular infrastructure and is not related to your Verizon router. I might be relevant to your cell phone IF you have a Samsung S20 or other VERY new phone.What if my internet connection is the slowest of them all? Do I need to upgrade Verizon Internet Plan to have a working 5GHz band?
Nope, just internet connecting computers. No cellphone.5Ghz WIFI is different than 5G cellular. The first is the frequency used in connecting devices on your LAN to the router. The second is the fifth generation of cellular infrastructure and is not related to your Verizon router. I might be relevant to your cell phone IF you have a Samsung S20 or other VERY new phone.
If you have a dual band router, then it support 5Ghz WIFI. Then you have to have dual band WIFI in the client devices. 5Ghz WIFI also does not penetrate through walls as well as 2.4Ghz WIFI. So, in adjacent rooms, you may have a much lower 5Ghz WIFI signal compared to 2.4Ghz. You can "force" devices to use the 5Ghz signal by having a unique SSID on each band. Then you manually choose which band to connect.Nope, just internet connecting computers. No cellphone.
What if my internet connection is the slowest of them all? Do I need to upgrade Verizon Internet Plan to have a working 5GHz band?