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Steveturner
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Oct 26, 2016
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Model R7000 How can I turn on 5GHZ or how do I know if the 5GHZ is being used?

I want to make sure my laptop is using the 5ghz band. But I don't know how to tell the router to do that.

  • You DO NOT tell the router to do that, you tell the Laptop what SSID to connect to. Obviously you do not set both SSID's to the name.

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  • You DO NOT tell the router to do that, you tell the Laptop what SSID to connect to. Obviously you do not set both SSID's to the name.

    • michaelkenward's avatar
      michaelkenward
      Guru - Experienced User

       

      This came up here not long ago. On investigation, the owner of the laptop found that their PC did not actually support 5G.

       

       

      • Steveturner's avatar
        Steveturner
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        My Dell laptop does support 2.4 and 5GHZ and the router does too. I just wasn't sure how to tell if and when 5GHZ was being used.