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GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV
9 years ago
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HT2000W's 5Ghz radio not working.

I noticed in the past that the 5Ghz radio never showed up as a connection option in my laptop, nor in my notebook.  Today, I actively tried connecting both my laptop and notebook, and even my TV, to ...
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    GabeU
    9 years ago

    Okay.  Update.  

     

    The neighbors have a newer Lenovo Thinkpad that most definitely does have the ability to connect using the 5Ghz band.  It was brought over.  It turns out my modem is fine.  It connected without issue.  We didn't really try anything with it other than just going to Google and doing a quick search.  That was enough, though.  

     

    I feel like a schmuck.  LOL.  :( 

     

     

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maratsade
Distinguished Professor IV
9 years ago

I don't see it either on my list of networks -- I had posted about this a while back, and thought it was because my laptops didn't have the capability.  Maybe that's not it, though; maybe it's actually non-functional.  It's no big deal, since the other network works well, but I'm curious.  

 

It could also be 5Ghz radios, like Microsoft, don't like me. LOL

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GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV
9 years ago

They're in cahoots!!!!  That's what it is!