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How do I connect to my 5Ghz Network with my LAN?
So I'm going to preface this with a note that I believe I have some idea of what's going on but I could actually have no idea whats going on and make no sense. So be prepared for that. I have a WND...
- If you are setting up a WiFi capable router (as you are) using a computer that has no WiFi capability but is connected by the router via Ethernet, then you can ignore the wireless setup of the router. However if you expect that at some time other computers that are WiFi capable might want to connect to the router then you should still set up the router wireless settings, you should set the SSID (network name) and encryption for both bands (2.4GHz and 5GHz). If you don’t plan to use the router WiFi at all, you can disable both bands so that the router will not transmit any WiFi signals at all and will only use wired connections (Ethernet cable).
HelpN750 wrote: Does this duel band situation only work with wifi and has nothing to do with wired internet?
The 'Dual Band' thing is WiFi.
If you only want to connect your computer via Ethernet (wired), and it is wireless capable (has a WiFi device) then either disable that WiFi device or use its configuration utility to tell it to ‘forget’ any of your WiFi SSIDs that it might be trying to connect to.
So to be clear, do you only want to connect the computer in question via Ethernet (wired) and not wireless?