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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 ...
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    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
wildcats198308 wrote:

I'm pretty sure my 5Ghz worked, I think I did speed tests with every available connection right after my system was installed.  

 

GabeU You say you have no difference in download speeds between Wireless and Wired??  My speeds are different!  I get 40-50 on wired and 15-25 or so with wireless....  this is quite a bit of a difference.  So I would like to know why my speeds are slower plus is there anything I can / should do to improve the speeds.  

 

I am currently using my own Router but I also tested with the built in WiFi as well...    I will do more tests sometime later this weekend or next week to see if they are still slower.   

How old is the device you are connecting with and using for the speed tests?  It's possible that there is an issue with the wireless network card, or even a setting with such that needs to be changed.  Perhaps a driver for the card?   Interference with the signal is also a possibility, whether from range issues or something else.  Do you have an older house that may have lead paint on the walls?  

   

Whether I use the built in wireless router of the HT2000W or my older Netgear router it makes no difference.  The speed is still the same as wired.  

   

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wildcats198308
Tutor
8 years ago

My laptop is pretty old and has the original WiFi adapter.  I also have done tests with my tablets (Google Nexus 7 and Samsung Galaxy Tab A -- The Tab A is only a year old)  I get the same slower speeds with everything I believe.  My Drivers are all up to date as far as Windows Updates shows.  My Laptop Wireless adapter is Dell Wireless 1505.  My Modem and Router is in the same room that I have been doing all Speed tests in.  My house is older but with being in the same room I dont see the Walls or anything else being a problem being in the same room as the Router.

 

Like I said I will do more tests at a later time,  this weekend was kinda busy.  Plus now I am over my Data allowance (go figure -- darn kids,  nephew did some updates on PS4 yesterday morning)  I was using more data than normal myself just to get some things downloaded plus we just got new Cell Phones on the 10th which needed updates and apps installed.  My 20 day resets ended on the 9th.  So ended up using 20 GB in about 4 days days. I wasnt expecting all the PS4 updates or Phone updates.  Now I will be slowed for 6 days :smileymad: .   (I did tell nephew right after Gen5 was installed that we will have daily resets and figured he would do PS4 updates and download stuff but I guess he never did the updates!). 

 

I did a few speed tests at different times yesterday and was getting speeds of 2.85 - 2.94 Mbps download and 2.8 - 3.2 Mbps upload.  Not bad at all.  Around 5:20 PM I did have speeds around 1.5 Mbps - Figured it was some slowdown.  Today I ran a few speed tests over WiFi and Wired to see if they were the same and was getting around 1.5 Mbps download.  I had to unplug the modem and plug it back in and was back up around 3 Mbps download.  Todays tests were all about the same speeds using Wired and Wireless with my router and the built in router.   I did have a few issues yesterday with using multiple devices at once,  (playing 8 Ball Pool on mobile devices together)... 

 

**I typed alot of this message yesterday and had to go outside for a while and came back and finished the message and went to post and here was auto signed out so the message didnt post -- luckly the majority of the message was saved in Drafts so I didnt have to retype it all.**