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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 ...
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. :(
"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."
Ditto.
So, I am still confused with my speeds and how to set up my Router. I tried changing the channel (I tried channel 11 and then 7). The first speed test I do will have faster speeds but then if I retest 30 seconds later the speeds drop to around 25 Mbps. If I dont make any changes to my router settings but just click save my first speed test is fast and then 30 seconds later slower. I tried the built in Router and speeds stayed above 38 Mbps. I tried turning off all Radios in my router but one and still got the same results.
My router only has the following Encryption modes WPA2 PSK -- WPA PSK -- and WEP...... I assume WPA2 PSK is what I should use?
I figured I would try to completely restore my router to see if that would help. I used the default WiFi settings with the default SSID and a random password. I did a few speed tests and they all seamed higher. I was entering quota limits for all my devices from a screenshot prior to restore and ended up having to restore to a backup file which I made before restoreing the router because I did not reconize a MAC address. Speed tests are back in the 20's. After I get everything wrote down I am going to do another complete restore and then manually enter everything and hopefully my speeds are all higher.
Check out this speed test that I got.....
wildcats198308 wrote:Holy smokes! If only that were a legitimate Hughesnet speed. Can you imagine? :)
I was having the same problems and made one change to get it working. (Apologies if the solution has already been posted.)
I simply changed the WPA Mode to "WPA/WPA2"
and
Security Type to "WPA-Personal"
It's now visible to all my devices (new and just a little "old").
