# WiFi Band 2.4 vs. 5 G

**URL:** <https://community.purpleair.com/t/wifi-band-2-4-vs-5-g/8316>\
**Category:** Sensors\
**Created:** [March 27, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.purpleair.com/t/wifi-band-2-4-vs-5-g/8316 "2024-03-27T16:45:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![TwoTowns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e4f/32.png) [@TwoTowns](https://community.purpleair.com/u/TwoTowns)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.purpleair.com/t/wifi-band-2-4-vs-5-g/8316/1 "2024-03-27T16:45:17Z")

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Our 2 sensors (indoor & outside) continue to perform great, as they have for several years using 2.4 G WiFi band. Lately, I need to use 5G band for additional, unrelated devices, but can’t due to PurpleAir’s 2.4 requirement.

Is there any way to finesse PurpleAir sensors to use 5G WiFi band?

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**Author:** ![wawzat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.purpleair.com/wawzat/32/219_2.png) [@wawzat](https://community.purpleair.com/u/wawzat)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.purpleair.com/t/wifi-band-2-4-vs-5-g/8316/2 "2024-03-27T18:00:20Z")

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No, but many WiFi access points will allow you to enable both 2GHz and 5GHz radios with the same SSID and client devices will automatically select between them.

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**Author:** ![helldoodle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8491ac/32.png) [@helldoodle](https://community.purpleair.com/u/helldoodle)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 10:02am UTC](https://community.purpleair.com/t/wifi-band-2-4-vs-5-g/8316/3 "2026-06-18T10:02:44Z")

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I hope you worked it out, but i dont know any access point devices that do 5G with our 2.4G