How to disable 2.4 GHz entirely

[normal jay]

Title is self explanatory, but I have an external WiFi card (https://www.netgear.com/support/product/a8000/) because my setup is in a cinder block building and not near a WiFi access point. I have found that on 5 GHz, the connection, despite showing as 1 bar in windows, is perfectly fine (around 100 Mbps up and down). The issue is that Windows is a prick and randomly decides to change to 2.4 GHz, which has a much higher signal strength. The issue is that 2.4 GHz is practically unusable, with 5 Mbps down and packet loss often in excess of 50%. The card I am using has a very sparse configuration panel through Windows, and the "prefer 5 GHz" is more of a suggestion than any rule that is actually being followed. I am willing to go nuclear up to the point of reinstalling Windows (not doing that), so if anyone has any registry edits or something that would be appreciated.

[fallow pivot]

disable auto connect

to the 2.4ghz band

[normal jay]

where can I do that?

the bands aren't seperate networks (FWIW I'm dealing with university Eduroam and don't have any access to the router side)

[fallow pivot]

so the both show up as one?

[normal jay]

yes

[fallow pivot]

what options you got in this menu

[normal jay]

criminally few options

[fallow pivot]

what under the 2.4ghz channel settings

[normal jay]

it feels like there should be more options somewhere but I guess netgear decided to pull an apple and make none of the useful ones visible

[fallow pivot]

what under 802.11ax/ac/n/abg

[fallow pivot]

set 802.11ac

[fallow pivot]

i hope that dont lower speeds ut that one uses 5ghz band

[normal jay]

ok it connected onto 5, now we need to wait if it lowers to 2.4

[normal jay]

what does changing to 802.11ac do?

[fallow pivot]

af far as i recall wifi 5 only uses 5ghz band

[fallow pivot]

name for wifi 5

[normal jay]

also it normally connects to 5 ghz regardless

[fallow pivot]

not the 5ghz band 5 gen wifi

[normal jay]

yea ik

[fallow pivot]

wifi 6 is 2.4ghz/5ghz

[normal jay]

wha

[fallow pivot]

?

[normal jay]

discord accidentally sent an emoji

[fallow pivot]

https://tenor.com/h7RxG5oWgX4.gif

[normal jay]

what i was saying is that how this was going is that windows would connect to 5ghz and then after a minute or two decide to go to 2.4. this was on 802.11ax though so if that one has 2.4 and 5ghz than that would explain the switching

nevermind

[fallow pivot]

wifi7 so nice in going of how its ment to be able to use 2.4/5/6 all at once

[normal jay]

as i was typing that last message

so yea, that's what im dealing with... it just has a mind of its own

if I disconnect and reconnect, it goes back to this, but only for a bit