No WiFi N 5GHz detected

phamhlam

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I have a cisco e4200 and after installing Windows 8 RP, I was unable to find the 5GHz band. I am getting 90Mbs on the 2.4 GHz band and I know my 5Ghz band can give me more. The 5 GHz band is detected on my PC before Windows 8 was installed but I can't find it on my PC now. I have two computers who support the 5 GHz band and both can't find it but did with Windows 7. The 2.4 GHz band and 5 GHz band are separately named so that isn't the problem. Can anyone help me?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 RP
    CPU
    i5-2500K
    Motherboard
    ASUS-P8P67
    Memory
    Corsair Vengeance
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI TWIII 6950
This is most likely just a driver problem as most drivers have not been updated to support Windows 8.

Using the compatibility mode by right clicking before you install the driver might help.

If you want full wireless N speed of 300Mb/s then using the 802.11n Only mode in your routers settings with WPA2 security and AES encryption will get you there. :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro WMC
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home built
    CPU
    Q9650 @ 4.05 GHz
    Motherboard
    Gforce 780i SLI FTW
    Memory
    8GB Gskill DDR2 1200Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX-480
    Sound Card
    Asus D2 Xonar
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HannsG
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Gskill 120GB SSD
    PSU
    Thermal Take 1000watts
    Case
    Thermal Take Xtreme
    Cooling
    9 fans air cooled
    Keyboard
    G15 logitech
    Mouse
    G9 logitech
    Internet Speed
    50mbps
5 Ghz worked under CP, but disappeared under RP. Seems to be a common problem. Anyone making headway on this?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Release Preview
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell 8400
    CPU
    Intel 3 Ghz
    Motherboard
    Intel
    Memory
    3 Gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radion
5 Ghz worked under CP, but disappeared under RP. Seems to be a common problem. Anyone making headway on this?

Yes this is a common problem and everyone trying to use the 5Ghz band has similar complaints. You can read about it in link below at TechNet.

As I mentioned earlier it's no doubt a driver problem and probably won't be fixed until after Windows 8 is officially released.

No 5ghz wi-fi channel visible on Linksys home network
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro WMC
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home built
    CPU
    Q9650 @ 4.05 GHz
    Motherboard
    Gforce 780i SLI FTW
    Memory
    8GB Gskill DDR2 1200Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX-480
    Sound Card
    Asus D2 Xonar
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HannsG
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Gskill 120GB SSD
    PSU
    Thermal Take 1000watts
    Case
    Thermal Take Xtreme
    Cooling
    9 fans air cooled
    Keyboard
    G15 logitech
    Mouse
    G9 logitech
    Internet Speed
    50mbps
I have been having the same problem since I've been using Windows 8. I am using the Linksys WUSB600N adapter. The 2.4 ghz is the only band showing up but this was with me letting windows install the driver itself. I went and redownloaded the drivers from linksys's page .. the version 2 driver and manually installed the 64-bit driver and PRESTO!! 5 ghz running strong. so much better!!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8 preview
If it helps, my Windows 8 ASUS laptop came with an Intel N 7260 dual band (plus Bluetooth) WiFi card. All worked perfectly. I updated to Win 8.1. No 5GHz reception. Tried a Dell N1510 network card from other laptop, updated the driver and it all works perfectly except I now don't have Bluetooth which I hopefully can solve with a cheap dongle.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
There are some issues with 8.x.x with the various Wireless chipsets. Microsoft is not being forthcoming on this issue. The chipset manufacturers are just scratching their heads and rears.

My thought is that MS is not seeing too many people using 5ghz for wifi. So they are killing that part of the code in .1.x. Why, who knows with them.

If you run inSSIDer or do a "netsh wlan show all" in a command window. Does it even show the Linksys in 5ghz band, when viewing in inSSIDer? netsh wlan show all, will show you what the adapter is capable of under the current OS.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Linux Mint 17.2
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satellite C850D-st3nx1
    CPU
    AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon (tm) HD Graphics 1.40 GHZ
    Memory
    12GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon™ HD 7310 Graphics
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    Crucial M500 240GB SSD
    Mouse
    Logitech M525
    Internet Speed
    45/6 - ATT U-Verse
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    None needed. It is Linux.
    Other Info
    Arris NVG589 Gateway; Router - Cisco RV320; Switch - Netgear GS108 8-Port Switch & Trendnet TEG-S50g 5-Port Switch; Access Points - Engenius ECB350, Trendnet TEW-638APB; NAS - Lenovo ix2-4; Printer - Brother HL-2280DW; Air Print Server - Lantronix XPrintServer

    A/V UPS - Tripp-Lite Smart 1500LCD 1500 Va/900 W.
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