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Finding my WiFi
I purchased a new Netgear Nighthawk AX12 WiFi router to replace my older Netgear Nighthawk X6 AC3200 Got it hooked up and everything works perfect, including wifi to all my devices. Including Sony TV...
If you look around that realtek is known to have issues with AX.
Options?
1. replace the card. Usually not that hard to do. There's usually videos on youtube of how to do it with specific laptops.
2. Check with realtek on the driver version that you have to see if there's a newer one. Don't use the windows one as it tends to to be the most current. get it direct from realtek's site.
3. use a dongle as you're using. No point holding back your network because of a sketchy wifi card.
I have also went through the driver updates and uninstalling and installing.
Thank you, Mike
nextyear58 wrote:
I have also went through the driver updates and uninstalling and installing.
Thank you, Mike
If you got it direct from realtek, might be time to replace that wireless card. No point holding back your networks performance (by disabling the routers AX) because of old technology that realtek doesn't support anymore.
A bunch of videos online for replacing similar toshiba laptops.
Some laptop makers restricted what cards could be used and had a whitelist for cards that'd work but I didn't find much for that laptop.
I edited my post with ser # and corrected the ser #
I will look at replacing the card as suggested and up date my post soon.
Worst case scenario is, it does work with the dongle.
Thanks again, Mike