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pdshapiro
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Apr 07, 2020
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How to get wifi adapter to select 5GHz band from router

Just installed ModelA6150 Wifi adapter in order to use 5GHz band on home Comcast router. But data rate on the connected PC shows as slow as before when earlier adapter was using noisy 2.4Ghz band. My...
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    plemans
    Apr 07, 2020

    Not saying this is the case but if you have bandsteering on, it can take a bit as it determines how much bandwidth it uses and if it needs the 5ghz or 2.4ghz