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It depend on driver. Check your WNIC configuration on client side, there should be option which band you want prefer.
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The major difference is that in a mesh network, nodes forward between other nodes. In a simple ad-hoc network, nodes must see each other to communicate.
In either network, a node can use multiple radios for multiple channels and even forward between them in a mesh. Nodes must be on the same channel in order to transmit to each other.
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