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   The Natural Philosopher to druck   
   Re: Magic spell for PIOS wifi point.   
   13 Jan 26 14:55:15   
   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 13/01/2026 14:45, druck wrote:   
   > On 12/01/2026 20:16, David Higton wrote:   
   >> In message <10k2bri$272ps$1@druck.eternal-september.org>   
   >>            druck  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 11/01/2026 14:40, David Higton wrote:   
   >>>> Note that the RPi4 only does one wifi band; I don't know the RPi5.   
   >>>   
   >>> The Raspberry Pi 3B+, 4 and 5 have both 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wifi bands, the   
   >>> Zero W, Zero 2W and older Pi's only have 2.4GHz   
   >>   
   >> Sorry, I should have been clearer.  It only does one band at once.   
   >> There is only one radio.   
   >   
   > You can always add another USB WiFi dongle if you want to act as an   
   > access point on both bands simultaneously.   
   >   
   > ---druck   
      
   I saw something (hostapd) that implies it can in fact do both...   
      
   Well in due course I will find out.   
      
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   other ideas but to the massive onslaught of circumstance"   
      
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