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nextyear58
Tutor
May 22, 2023

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...
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nextyear58
Tutor
May 22, 2023

I have also went through the driver updates and uninstalling and installing.

Thank you, Mike 

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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
May 22, 2023
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. 

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    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User
    May 22, 2023

    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. 

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      nextyear58
      Tutor
      May 22, 2023

      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