I had my first PC arrive today, I’m unable to connect my PC to my 5ghz network through a wifi extender with my Ethernet cable. in fact, my computer has connected through Ethernet cable to a wireless router which has left me very confused. If anyone knows how to help me connect to the 5ghz then that would be great.
Connecting to 5ghz
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BlessedSquirrel
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The wifi card you've ordered is only 2.4GHz and doesn't have bluetooth.
Are there any easy fixes to that without having to order a new wifi card? Would it be possible to establish a 5ghz Ethernet connection without the 5ghz wifi card?
BlessedSquirrel
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There's nothing broken, so no fix for it.... it's not a dual band card, can't fix what doesn't exist.
You'd have to replace it with the AX200.
And if I got the AX200 wifi card, would I be able to run a 5ghz Ethernet cable to the PC?
BlessedSquirrel
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5GHz is wifi, has nothing to do with ethernet.
Ethernet is part of the motherboard, it's present on all motherboards.
So if i have an Ethernet cable running from a wifi extender, should that be able to run without a dual band wifi card?
BlessedSquirrel
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Yes, it has nothing to do with wifi.
ubuysa
The BSOD Doctor
As far as your PC is concerned it's Ethernet connected to the router - you're not using the WIFi on your PC at all. There is no way for the PC to know there's a WiFi link via an extender in the connection to the router.
Bhuna50
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If you are connected to the wired network via Ethernet, I didn’t think the computer would show what wireless it was.
Are you going into the WiFi card settings and seeing this? If so then are you also connected by WiFi? Disable your WiFi card in the laptop as you won’t need this if connecting wired and then look to see what network you are connecting to.
Or as Martin says it might be settings on your WiFi extender.
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Are you going into the WiFi card settings and seeing this? If so then are you also connected by WiFi? Disable your WiFi card in the laptop as you won’t need this if connecting wired and then look to see what network you are connecting to.
Or as Martin says it might be settings on your WiFi extender.
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I have just done a factory reset of the router, ensured that it is boosting the 5ghz signal rather than the 2.4ghz signal yet I am still being told that the ethernet connection is to the 2ghz version of the network rather than the 5ghz version.
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BlessedSquirrel
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I’m not sure what you’re trying to achieve here.
2.4ghz and 5ghz relate to wireless networks.
But you’re not using WiFi.
Where you can split traffic on a 2.4ghz Channel and 5ghz, it’s still the same network.
But you’re not using WiFi.
I’m not sure what you mean by it’s still using the 2ghz network? What’s the difference between that and your 5ghz network?
What is it exactly you’re trying to achieve?
It’s using neither the 5ghz nor the 2ghz network because you’re not on WiFi.
2.4ghz and 5ghz relate to wireless networks.
But you’re not using WiFi.
Where you can split traffic on a 2.4ghz Channel and 5ghz, it’s still the same network.
But you’re not using WiFi.
I’m not sure what you mean by it’s still using the 2ghz network? What’s the difference between that and your 5ghz network?
What is it exactly you’re trying to achieve?
It’s using neither the 5ghz nor the 2ghz network because you’re not on WiFi.