Does OSX Airport Utility have "N-only" mode for 2.4GHz network? (802.11ac device)

[Ichinisan]

The Airport Utility for Windows (5.6.1) was never updated to specifically recognize the newer 802.11ac Airport / Time Capsule lineup.

Generic picture for my Airport Extreme 6th gen.
Radio Mode options make no mention of 802.11ac support.​

I'm afraid I may limit the performance of my device or corrupt the settings if I try to save settings using the Windows Utility, so I used the iOS Airport Utility to do the initial configuration.

I want to set it as follows:

• 2.4 GHz network: N only
• 5.X GHz network: N+AC only

I really have no use at all for A/B/G modes.

The iOS Airport Utility doesn't have a "Radio Mode" option. I'm pretty sure it did have the option when I used it with my 5th-gen 802.11n Airport.

I don't have OSX. Can anyone tell me if the OSX Airport Utility has the Radio Mode option with an 802.11ac device? If so, what choices do you have?

Thanks!

 

[JAG87]

I can tell you that it does with my 5th gen, and I can choose between a myriad of options, mine is set to N only.

But I believe radio mode has been removed from the 6th gen, probably because Apple thinks you shouldn't concern yourself with it. And in part they are right. But you're basically stuck with trusting your devices to negotiate the correct radio mode to use. You shouldn't need to worry because the devices will usually pick what is best from top to bottom. 5G AC (or N if not supported), and 2.4G N for anything out of reach. No device should connect at 2.4G B/G, because the N signal should always be better.