The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    [TIP] How to enable 5 GHz on Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200 AGN

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Paloseco, Sep 20, 2016.

  1. Paloseco

    Paloseco Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    41
    Messages:
    512
    Likes Received:
    118
    Trophy Points:
    56
    This tip covers how to enable the 5 GHz band on the Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200 AGN mini pci express card. Usually this band comes disabled by default. So, now you can have dual band wireless on it: 2.4GHz + 5GHz. The model number of my card is exactly 622ANHMW.

    In order to do that, go to Control Panel -> Device Manager -> choose Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6200 AGN -> right click -> Properties -> Advanced -> Wireless Mode. On Value choose 6. 802.11a/b/g. By default it comes with "4. 802.11b/g" which only works on the 2.4 GHz band.

    It is also recommended to adjust the Transmit Power, in case you are worried about the excessive electromagnetic radiation.

    The driver used in my case is the official one from Microsoft, version 15.4.1.1, date 1/23/2013.

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]
     
    Last edited: Sep 20, 2016
    Paloseco, Sep 20, 2016
    #1