[Riley1]

I have my Flixy plugged into a TV in the guest room and it’s been mostly fine. But sometimes the stream drops for a second or two. My router is dual band and I’m not sure if the stick is even connecting to the 5GHz band. Does it make a difference for this thing? Not trying to overthink it, just wondering if I should bother messing with router settings.

[Sophie Nguyen]

5GHz made a pretty obvious difference for me. I had mine on the 2.4 band for a while and got those little hiccups, switched it over and they basically stopped. Not saying it fixes everything but it’s worth a quick look at your router settings.

[Alex_28]

If you’re getting drops then yeah it makes a difference. Mine was on 2.4 for months and had the same random stalls, moved it to the other band and it’s been solid since. Worth a quick look at the router settings if you know the login.

[Leo Grey]

I wouldn’t touch the router settings for this. I’ve got a similar stick setup in my basement and just left it on whatever band it grabbed. The drops I get are usually when someone else is hammering the network, not from the band itself. If yours is anything like mine, the stick probably doesn’t even pick the better band on its own. So you could go in and split the bands and force it, but then you’re messing with every other device too. I did that once for a different reason and spent an hour getting my printer back online. Not worth it for a couple seconds of buffering. If it’s genuinely annoying you, maybe try it, but I’d leave it alone unless it gets worse.

[HanSolo]

5GHz is the one that actually fixed my buffering, so yeah it matters. If the router is putting it on 2.4 by default, that alone explains the drops. Worth a quick check.

[Maya Chen]

2.4 was fine for mine, never noticed a difference.

[Jenny Mel]

I’ve got a Flixy on the bedroom TV and it does grab the 5GHz band on its own, but only when I’m in the same room as the router basically. Once I moved it to the back bedroom it kept flipping over to 2.4 and that’s when I started noticing the little pauses during shows. Not huge, just a blip here and there. What surprised me was that it wasn’t really about speed, more that the 2.4 signal in my house gets crowded with everything else, doorbell, baby monitor, all that stuff. So even though the stick showed a decent connection it would still stutter now and then. I ended up just leaving it and living with the occasional hiccup since it’s only the spare room. If yours is doing the same thing I’d at least peek at which band it’s actually on before changing anything else.

[HarperL]

My guest room setup actually did better on 2.4 because the 5GHz signal barely reaches down the hall. So switching bands isn’t automatically an upgrade, it depends where the router sits.

[no_sleep]

Everyone keeps saying 5GHz is the fix but that’s not always true. Mine sat on 5GHz for a while and honestly the drops were worse because the signal had to go through two walls to get to the TV. The 2.4 band is slower on paper but it actually holds a stable connection better at range. I switched mine back to 2.4 and the random stalls mostly stopped. So before you go digging through router settings, think about where the router actually sits compared to that guest room. If there’s a decent distance or a wall or two in between, forcing it onto 5GHz could just make things worse. The stick doesn’t need crazy speed for streaming anyway.

[Dani Moon]

It makes a difference but not the one people keep pushing. Mine ended up on the 2.4 side and the picture is smoother there than when I forced it over to 5. It’s probably just distance and walls doing their thing, so poking around in router settings is a coin flip at best.

[Susan Keller]

Mine streams fine and I never touched the router bands.

[Devvit]

5GHz helped mine when the router was close but the stick was in another room so it kept dropping anyway. I just left it on auto and it picked whatever worked. Sound like yours is fine most of the time so I wouldn’t mess with settings unless it gets worse.

[Nina_gadget]

5GHz made a real difference for mine. The Flixy was fine on the old band, then I moved it over and the little stutters basically stopped. I’d say it’s worth poking around your router if the stick is sitting close enough to get a decent signal.

[Tom Briggs]

I usually leave mine on auto and let it sort itself out. But I did check once out of curiosity and it was parked on the 2.4 side the whole time, even with the router in the next room. Streams were fine most nights. The drop here and there was more about the internet acting up than the band, at least for me. I do prefer keeping the stick on 2.4 anyway since it reaches better through walls. 5GHz is faster on paper but it falls off quick once you put a door or two in the way. So yeah, it can make a difference, just not always the one you expect. If the drops are only a second or two, I’d leave the settings alone and see if it settles.

[Tom Brown]

If you’re getting drops on a stick that’s probably parked on 2.4, moving it to 5GHz is worth a shot. Mine stopped hiccuping once I split the bands, though you lose a bit of range. Just check the router page and see where it’s actually sitting.

[Tom Call]

Didn’t notice any change when I switched mine.

[Chris Patrick]

Just check if it’s on 2.4 in the settings.

[Riley1]

Mine never switched bands and still streams fine.

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