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Cafetom
Jan 26, 2022Star
SXR80 doesn't show up in older 2.4 wireless devices
SXR80 — Orbi Pro AX6000 WiFi 6 Tri-band Router / SXR80 Hello all, I can not figure out what setting to change to allow my older 2.4 wireless clients to see the wireless network. I have seemingl...
schumaku
Jan 28, 2022Guru - Experienced User
Cafetom wrote:
... allow my older 2.4 wireless clients to see the wireless network. ...to figure out why my Lenovo X120e is not even able to see the router.
Another possible reason - especially if you are located in regulatory areas allowing 13 channels on 2.4 GHz - set a 2.4 GHz channel to the range 1...11.
Have you figured out what Wi-Fi adapter is installed on your Lenovo X120e? Trouble is that the official Lenovo drivers are more than a decade old.
Very poor service by Lenovo - but I admit e.g. the popular Intel Wi-Fi adapters required an update, always including the adapter "microcode" (there is always an ARM CPU on board), and we always had to use the Intel WiFi Driver Download (e.g. for WIn 10/11) resp. the Intel Driver & Support Assistent
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