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Draehawk
Tutor
Dec 28, 2015
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Unable to connect to 5GHz - (Nighthawk x6 AC3200 (r8000))

I've recently bought a Nighthawk x6 AC3200 and everything is working all right, except that my computer can't seem to detect the 5 GHz bands.  On my computer, I have a PCE-N53 PCI-E Adapter Dual-ban...
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TheEther
Guru
Dec 29, 2015

It may sound flippant, but try every channel until you find one that works.

 

Also, make sure the driver is set to use 5 GHz.  Sometimes, the setting won't be obvious.  It could be obscure, like setting the wireless mode to either 802.11b/g/n or 802.11a/b/g/n.  The latter choice includes 802.11a, which operates at 5 GHz and would be the more correct choice.

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Draehawk
Tutor
Dec 29, 2015

I tried your solution, but none of the channels displayed the 5 GHz band.

I searched online for related issues with the PCE-N53 and found a thread that solved my issue.

Here's the link if it may help someone else:

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1693495/asus-usb-n53-detect-5ghz.html#12103237

 

I had to download this driver from Mediatek, for some reason:

http://www.mediatek.com/en/downloads1/downloads/pcimpcicbrt2860rt2760rt2890/

 

Thanks for your help TheEther!