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laptop connecting to 2.4G but not 5
I have a Dell laptop. How do I force it to use 5. nstead of 2.4? It's comptabile and other devices, such as my Android phone, automatically do this. 2.4 and 5 SSID's are already turned off.
I have the latest driver for the wireless adapter, a Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165. I looked, but I couldn't find any option to limit it to 5.
I looked under advanced, advanced settings, but I couldn't find the RBR setting you mentioned. (And I don't know what RBR is).
Thanks for your help.
dchaudron wrote:I have the latest driver for the wireless adapter, a Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165. I looked, but I couldn't find any option to limit it to 5.
Try this:
- Win-S, search for "network connections"
- Right-click your Wi-Fi connection and select Properties
- Press Configure for your Intel adapter
- In the Advanced tab, do you see a property like "802.11a/b/g Wireless Mode"? My Intel Wireless-AC 9560 adapter lets me change that property to 5Ghz instead of Dual Band.
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005585/network-and-i-o/wireless.html
My Intel AC 7265 adapter also has a setting for Preferred Band (2.4G or 5G). What Fun!
(This is in a Lenovo laptop that is several years old.)
