12-27-2025, 03:29 AM
I’ve been trying to get my head around a persistent issue with my home network setup, specifically concerning my **mesh wifi** system. I live in a three-story townhouse with plaster walls, which I know are terrible for signal, so I invested in a three-node mesh system last year. The main router is in the basement office, with satellites on the main living floor and top floor. The problem is, my work-from-home setup requires a stable connection for video calls, but my laptop on the main floor keeps dropping to the 2.4GHz band even when I’m right next to the satellite unit, leading to terrible latency and buffering. I’ve tried manually forcing the 5GHz band on the device, but it seems to revert after a while, and I’m hesitant to completely split the SSIDs because I’ve read that can undermine the whole seamless roaming benefit of a **mesh wifi** system. I’m not sure if this is a device driver issue, a placement problem, or a setting I’ve missed in the rather sparse app interface. Has anyone else dealt with this kind of inconsistent band steering and found a reliable fix without sacrificing the convenience of the mesh?