Can I use a 5G router with a 4G phone?

Network technology is developing very fast. There are many people wondering: Can I use a 5G router with a 4G phone?

The answer is: it depends. Because it is easy to confuse the Fifth-Generation cellular network technology 5G with the 5Ghz of WiFi.

4G and 5G of mobile phones refer to the fourth and fifth generations of mobile communication technologies, while 5G on WiFi refers to WiFi signals in the 5GHz band, which are different from 2.4GHz WiFi signals.

If the 5G of the 5g router refers to 5G wifi, then you need to see whether the mobile phone supports WiFi in the 5Ghz band. If it is supported, you can directly connect to 5Ghz WiFi; if not, then the 4G mobile phone does not support the 5Ghz frequency band of the router, but you can set the frequency band of the router to 2.4Ghz, and the mobile phone can connect to 2.4G WiFi.

If 5G routers refer to Fifth-Generation cellular networks, the answer is actually similar to the answer above. 5G cellular network routers use 5G as a WAN, replacing the original ADSL dial-up Internet access. Then whether the mobile phone can connect to wifi, it is also necessary to check the mobile phone and the WiFi frequency band supported by the router to determine.

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