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ThisIsEd
Aug 29, 2020Follower
2.4ghz channel causes PC network card to no longer identify any WIFI channels
Hi,
For a number of PCs in my household (both desktops and laptops), when they connect to the 2.4ghz channel they can suddenly no longer see any WIFI channels at all. Windows thinks there is a hardware or software issue with the network card. If left alone, the card starts working again, reconnects to the 2.4ghz channel and then the issue reoccurs.
The 2.4ghz channel is operating fine on our iPads. The 5ghz channel has no issues with it.
Of course, we're no longer using the 2.4ghz channel on our PCs. However, I'm interested to understand what might be causing such an issue. To a layman, this seems very strange that this occurs.
Cheers.
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