In reply to a post by zyborg47:

the more advanced these routers get the more trouble they are, I have a cheap Tp-link and it been fine and it is getting on now.

I've had dual band WiFi for years using various tech, and I usually avoid using any of the ISP issued routers.

Sadly its a case of the ISP routers being made to a price, rather than quality. For some reason all of us in the UK are motivated by very low prices rather than sensible levels of quality for a fair price.

iPhone 5 and later work fine with 2.4GHz and 5GHz with both transmissions using the same SSID - in fact Apple sell a router that does this - but like every other router you can split into two SSIDs which I also recommend for reliability.

Yes WiFi calling with a HH5 factory configured is not a good experience.

Take an iPhone 6 and a Homehub in the living room.
You go into the living room, start a WiFi call at 5Ghz. You then walk during the call to the back of the house, where 5Ghz coverage is low, so it switches on the fly to 2.4Ghz. The user sees on screen a constant wifi coverage, but the WiFi call drops out due to the band changing "on the fly."

Second scenario - you are in the living room, start a WiFi call at 5Ghz. You remain in the living room. The Homehub "Smart Scan" technology identifies that another wireless channel is more clear than the current one and on the fly changes the channel in use. The WiFi call drops out.

The best ISP to date for this is probably virginmedia who seperate the 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz bands, and their auto channel selection barely ever changes the channel being used.

My iPhone seamlessly roams across my HH5s while on a wifi call.

Vodafone or EE? My EE one does not.

EDIT: I have two smarthubs though

Edited by ukhardy07 (Tue 27-Sep-16 12:20:53)

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

My iPhone seamlessly roams across my HH5s while on a wifi call.

HH5s - is that an Apple branded HH5?

[groan]

No it's a plural