802.11ac and n support both on 5 Ghz band at the same time?

[audiobahn1000]

Will 802.11ac routers allow for simultaneous broadcast of 802.111ac 5 Ghz, 802.11n 5 Ghz and 802.11n 2.4 Ghz? My phones support the ac standard, my TV and laptops supports the n standard but on 5 ghz. and my printer supports the n standard but only on 2.4 ghz. I would like to only have the printer on 2.4 ghz and have all the other n and ac devices on 5 ghz because 2.4 ghz is really slow. Is that possible?

I am looking at getting this router:

https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Wire...ing=UTF8&refRID=HMJX291S3GB82ZMB8YV9&th=1#Ask

 

[_Glitch]

It will be able to send both signals simultaneously, yes.

 

[audiobahn1000]

But on 5 GHz? I know it can do ac on 5 Ghz and n on 2.4, but will it support both ac and n at the same time on 5 ghz?

 

[_Glitch]

ac is backwards compatible with n. So your 802.11n device will be able to connect to a 802.11ac router

 

[Intel_man]

The AC Standard is backwards compatible to N, so AC and N devices can simultaneously connect to the router on the same frequency.

Speed wise, I'm not sure if they've changed it since the G and N days where the faster device gets dropped to the slower speed.

 

[audiobahn1000]

How to I chose to have a device connect at 5 Ghz on the n band vs 2.4? Does the ac router broadcast two SSIDs, one for 2.4 and one for 5?

 

[_Glitch]

Yes. It will broadcast 2 SSID's. You might have to enable it though. You do this by entering the gateway IP in your browser

 

[Intel_man]

How to I chose to have a device connect at 5 Ghz on the n band vs 2.4? Does the ac router broadcast two SSIDs, one for 2.4 and one for 5?

Depends if you want to do band steering or not.

 

[johnb35]

If your wireless device doesn't support dual band then it will only connect to the 2.4ghz band.