What radio frequency does my wireless router transmit at? Would I be able to hear it with a scanner.?

What radio frequency does my wireless router transmit at? Would I be able to hear it with a scanner.?

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The most common frequency for wireless routers is 2.4 ghz. I haven’t seen many scanners that go that high in the frequency range. And if your scanner does go that high, all you’ll hear is noises similar to the connection sounds that an old dial-up modem made.

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  • 1. Gufs99  |  September 6th, 2008 at 11:20 pm

    802.11 G & B routers transmit at 2.4 ghz. 802.11a routers transmit at 5 ghz. You may be able to pick up your router signal with an old school cordless phone where you can change channels, but you won’t hear anything but fuzz really.

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