{"id":33210,"date":"2026-09-20T10:50:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T08:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/blog\/faq\/what-is-2-4-ghz\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T10:50:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T08:50:06","slug":"what-is-2-4-ghz","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/blog\/faq\/what-is-2-4-ghz\/","title":{"rendered":"What is 2.4 GHz?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong>2.4 GHz<\/strong> is one of the frequency bands the router uses for its Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">It is used to connect, for example:<\/p>\n<ul data-spread=\"false\">\n<li>phones<\/li>\n<li>tablets<\/li>\n<li>computers<\/li>\n<li>smart TVs<\/li>\n<li>heat pumps<\/li>\n<li>smart home devices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Advantages of 2.4 GHz<\/h3>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">2.4 GHz normally gives:<\/p>\n<ul data-spread=\"false\">\n<li>a longer range than 5 GHz<\/li>\n<li>better penetration of walls and obstacles<\/li>\n<li>support for many older and simpler Wi-Fi devices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">That is why 2.4 GHz is especially useful for devices that are a bit further away from the router.<\/p>\n<h3>Is 2.4 GHz slower?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">2.4 GHz often gives a lower speed than 5 GHz, and the frequency band can be more crowded because many different radio devices use it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">For ordinary browsing and many smart devices, 2.4 GHz still works very well.<\/p>\n<p>Remember that <strong>2.4 GHz is the Wi-Fi frequency between the router and the device<\/strong>. It is not the same as 4G or 5G, which the router uses to connect to the mobile network.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wifi-faq-related\"><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/contact-us\/\">Support &amp; help<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"faq_category":[513],"class_list":["post-33210","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq_category-wi-fi-tv-and-smart-home"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is 2.4 GHz? | Wifi.se<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"2.4 GHz is one of the frequency bands the router uses for its Wi-Fi.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/blog\/faq\/what-is-2-4-ghz\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is 2.4 GHz? | Wifi.se\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"2.4 GHz is one of the frequency bands the router uses for its Wi-Fi.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/blog\/faq\/what-is-2-4-ghz\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WIFI.SE\/EN\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wifi.se\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/faq\\\/what-is-2-4-ghz\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wifi.se\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/faq\\\/what-is-2-4-ghz\\\/\",\"name\":\"What is 2.4 GHz? | Wifi.se\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wifi.se\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-20T08:50:06+00:00\",\"description\":\"2.4 GHz is one of the frequency bands the router uses for its Wi-Fi.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wifi.se\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/faq\\\/what-is-2-4-ghz\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/wifi.se\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/faq\\\/what-is-2-4-ghz\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wifi.se\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/faq\\\/what-is-2-4-ghz\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Hem\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wifi.se\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What is 2.4 GHz?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wifi.se\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wifi.se\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Wifi.se\",\"description\":\"INTERNET \u00d6VERALLT\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wifi.se\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What is 2.4 GHz? | Wifi.se","description":"2.4 GHz is one of the frequency bands the router uses for its Wi-Fi.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/blog\/faq\/what-is-2-4-ghz\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"What is 2.4 GHz? | Wifi.se","og_description":"2.4 GHz is one of the frequency bands the router uses for its Wi-Fi.","og_url":"https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/blog\/faq\/what-is-2-4-ghz\/","og_site_name":"WIFI.SE\/EN","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/blog\/faq\/what-is-2-4-ghz\/","url":"https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/blog\/faq\/what-is-2-4-ghz\/","name":"What is 2.4 GHz? | Wifi.se","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-09-20T08:50:06+00:00","description":"2.4 GHz is one of the frequency bands the router uses for its Wi-Fi.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/blog\/faq\/what-is-2-4-ghz\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/blog\/faq\/what-is-2-4-ghz\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/blog\/faq\/what-is-2-4-ghz\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Hem","item":"https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What is 2.4 GHz?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/","name":"Wifi.se","description":"INTERNET \u00d6VERALLT","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/33210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_category?post=33210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}