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tumbleweed22
May 22, 2021Aspirant
5Ghz-2 not appearing (Nighthawk R6700v3)
A year ago, I was able to tap into both WIFI channels - 2.4GHz and 5GHz. I realized in the past 3 months that I am not seeing my 5GHz channel. When diving into the router admin setup, it appears th...
- May 22, 2021
5ghz doesn't broadcast on the 1-11 channels.
Theres a reason those channels are avaiable.
List of WLAN channels - Wikipedia
what device are you scanning with? Does it have 5ghz? not all devices do
plemans
May 22, 2021Guru - Experienced User
5ghz doesn't broadcast on the 1-11 channels.
Theres a reason those channels are avaiable.
List of WLAN channels - Wikipedia
what device are you scanning with? Does it have 5ghz? not all devices do
- tumbleweed22May 23, 2021Aspirant
I thought I remember seeing the 5GHz channel on my laptop. But my laptop is from 2015.
I just checked my new phone and TV and am successfully seeing the 5GHz channel.
So that is making sense as to why I am not seeing on my laptop. It is not 5GHz compatible.
Thank you for the link to the WLAN link. This is helping me understand.