What is Band Steering
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What is Band Steering
频段控制功能可鼓励具有双频功能的无线客户端连接到速度更快的5GHz Wi-Fi，而对于仅支持2.4GHz的客户端而言，不让2.4GHz Wi-Fi拥挤。因此，为所有客户端提高Wi-Fi性能。
Band Steering is a feature that encourages dual-band capable wireless clients to connect to the faster 5GHz Wi-Fi, and leave the 2.4GHz Wi-Fi less-crowded for those clients who support 2.4GHz only; therefore to improve Wi-Fi performance for all the clients.
How to set up Band Steering?
要使用频带控制，我们需要5GHz Wi-Fi具有与2.4GHz Wi-Fi相同的SSID。另外，安全设置必须相同。
To use band steering, we need 5GHz Wi-Fi to have an identical SSID as the 2.4GHz Wi-Fi. Also, Security settings have to be the same.
1.进入无线局域网（5GHz）>>常规设置，选中启用5GHz WLAN，并设置与2.4GHz WLAN相同的SSID。
- Go to Wireless LAN (5GHz) >> General Setup, check Enable 5GHz WLAN, and set up a same SSID as the 2.4GHz WLAN.
2.转到“无线局域网（5GHz）>>安全设置”，使用与该SSID相同的安全性方法并使用与2.4GHz WLAN相同的密码。
- Go to Wireless LAN (5GHz) >> Security Settings, use the same security method and passphrase as the 2.4GHz WLAN for that SSID.
3.进入无线局域网（2.4GHz）>>频段控制以启用频段控制并设置检查时间。Check Time是接入点/路由器在允许新客户端连接2.4GHz SSID之前应保持的时间。在“检查时间”期间，客户端将尝试连接5GHz SSID。
- Go to Wireless LAN (2.4GHz) >> Band Steering to enable Band Steering and set Check Time. Check Time is the time the access point/router should hold before allowing a new client to connect the 2.4GHz SSID. During the Check Time, the client will try to connect the 5GHz SSID.
使用以上配置，当无线客户端连接到AP /路由器时，它将被阻止2.4GHz SSID 15秒，因此它将尝试使用相同的SSID连接到5GHz Wi-Fi。15秒后，如果客户端未加入5GHz网络，它将能够连接到2.4GHz SSID。
With the above configuration, when a wireless client connects to the AP/router, it will be blocked from 2.4GHz SSID for 15 seconds, so it will try connecting to 5GHz Wi-Fi with the same SSID. After 15 seconds, if the client did not join the 5GHz network, it will be able to connect to the 2.4GHz SSID.