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GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV
8 years ago

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 ...
  • GabeU's avatar
    GabeU
    8 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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GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV

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

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maratsade
Distinguished Professor IV
8 years ago
GabeU wrote:

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

It's a simple and elegant solution, I think. LOL

 

I'm also not getting the same blazing speeds others on Gen 5 are getting, and now the solution seems clear: satellites don't like me.

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    GabeU
    Distinguished Professor IV
    8 years ago
    maratsade wrote: 

    I'm also not getting the same blazing speeds others on Gen 5 are getting, and now the solution seems clear: satellites don't like me.

    I forgot about that.  That's just crazy.  I still don't get that.  Perhaps, in the future, they will make some adjustments to your beam or gateway to get your speeds up.  

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      maratsade
      Distinguished Professor IV
      8 years ago
      GabeU wrote:
      maratsade wrote: 

      I'm also not getting the same blazing speeds others on Gen 5 are getting, and now the solution seems clear: satellites don't like me.

      I forgot about that.  That's just crazy.  I still don't get that.  Perhaps, in the future, they will make some adjustments to your beam or gateway to get your speeds up.  

       

      It's weird indeed -- the numbers show higher speeds, but the actual surfing speed doesn't seem any faster than before, and at times pages take more time to load up.  I'm sure it'll get fixed eventually.

      Oddly, downloads from the Apple app store are much faster than before, which is very nice. So the speed is there, clearly, but the browsers haven't gotten the memo yet. :)

       

      • C0RR0SIVE's avatar
        C0RR0SIVE
        Associate Professor
        8 years ago

        Care to list the exact model of wifi adapters/devices your using that can't see the 5Ghz band?

        If it's a draft varient that those devices support, they may not be able to connect to any 5Ghz system.