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I'm thinking about moving a Pi-based music player at my parents house to 5GHz wifi to get round problems with the 2.4GHz band getting congested. Does the Pi Zero W have dual band wireless?

Nope. Same WiFi chip as the 3B so it is 2.4GHz only. If you want 5GHz band support then you need the 3B+ or 4B.

andrum99 wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:40 am

I'm thinking about moving a Pi-based music player at my parents house to 5GHz wifi to get round problems with the 2.4GHz band getting congested. Does the Pi Zero W have dual band wireless?

Speciation here -

The Raspberry Pi Zero W extends the Pi Zero family. Launched at the end of February 2017, the Pi Zero W has all the functionality of the original Pi Zero, but comes with with added connectivity, consisting of:

802.11 b/g/n wireless LAN
Bluetooth 4.1
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

Ref: https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/ra ... pi-zero-w/



Perhaps looking up what "802.11 b/g/n wireless LAN" means will answer your query?

trejan wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:43 am

Nope. Same WiFi chip as the 3B so it is 2.4GHz only. If you want 5GHz band support then you need the 3B+ or 4B.

Or 3A+

B.Goode wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:48 am

Perhaps looking up what "802.11 b/g/n wireless LAN" means will answer your query?

Thanks - I read the spec. 802.11n can operate on both bands. I think i will go with an upgraded 2.4GHz access point first and see how that goes - I've a spare router I can use.

Or an OTG cable and an external USB Wi-Fi dongle.

hippy wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 19, 2019 4:17 pm

Or an OTG cable and an external USB Wi-Fi dongle.

I've got a shim and the official Raspberry Pi wifi dongle on a Pi Zero at the moment. (The W wasn't out when I built it). I'm going to try upgrading the access point first, as I've found the range of 5GHz wifi quite poor compared to 2.4GHz. The distances involved are not huge, but I would have to buy a new wifi dongle for 5GHz, so I'm trying to avoid doing so it if don't have to