Dual Band router issue

i have a dual band router that has a 2.4ghz band and a 5ghz band.

i assumed i ran n off both bands, and g off the 2.4ghz band only.

i recently purchased an Asus 1005HA netbook and while it has a wireless n able card installed, the card cannot recognize the n signal unless i configure the router to cast out the 2.4ghz band only. when i do that, the netbook can find the n signal, but not the g signal (not like i really care), though, why can i not use both bands and connect to wireless n on the netbook?

the other computers in my house connect to the g signal, and i enjoy taking advantage of the 5ghz band on my primary laptop, so i would like to get the dual band working again and for the netbook to be able to connect to the wireless n signal but working off the 2.4ghz band and the 5ghz band.

if the n signal is given out on both the 2.4ghz band and the 5ghz band, why can't the card in the netbook find the signal for the 2.4ghz n signal?

 

Try updating driver/firmware on your Asus first. "N" signals, or what one calls the things behind that make the signal, are not yet standardized, so it will differ from one system to another.

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What router do you have?

 

WNDR3300

i don't think that the netbook can support the 5 ghz band, which is OK, but i don't know why it cannot connect to the 2.4ghz band.

 

Have you properly configured your router? Have you experimented with the four different wireless modes in the router config? If you are using the default 270 @ 5GHz / 54 @ 2.4GHz, perhaps using 270 @ 2.4GHz will help. Also, make sure you are using WPA2/AES.

 

the 1005HA only has a b/g/n card not b/g/n/a. you have to have the A to get the 5GHz. first off the router you have is not a simultaneous dual band router so when you have the netbook connected it drops everything down to the 2.4GHz frequency. when only 5GHz devices are connected it will be at 5GHz

 

I believe that router is a simultaneous dual band router. That's what I got from the specifications and the manual, anyway.

 

that one will do the 5GHz but it will drop down to 2.4GHz when devices that are not "A" connect to it. i read the page it did not say anything about simultaneous dual band.

Type 2: Duo 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz configuration supporting 802.11n/802.11a (5 GHz) and 802.11g/ 802.11b (2.4 GHz)

that means that both frequency's will connect to it no problem to it

 

IMHO, if it says "5 GHz and 2.4 GHz", that means both at the same time. If it said "or", it would mean one or the other. If it drops down to 2.4GHz, then 802.11n would be in the 2.4GHz section with G and B. The datasheet also says this:

If the 802.11n wifi card isn't 5GHz, and there are 802.11g devices as well, AFAIK the router would need to be set at 270Mbps @ 2.4GHz - then 802.11g and 802.11n would both connect. If the wifi card operates at 5GHz, then the router would work best at 270Mbps @ 5GHz / 54Mbps @ 2.4GHz.

Hopefully someone that owns this router and 802.11n and 802.11g devices, and will let us know how it really performs.

 

yea because i am curious about that. i do not want to provide the wrong answer to someone about it.

 

I'm in a 3-story building and trying to go 100% wireless. Gaming, streaming, p2p, we do it all.

I'd like to get a dual-band "N" router, but my friends have warned me that N routers only work well when they're put into 5ghz only mode. Is this true? If so, that wouldn't work since many here have G adapters.
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Are your friends wireless experts? If not, then then don't know what they're talking about. The only thing I see as an issue is your home - even putting the router on the 2nd floor might not enable a good, strong wireless signal on the 1st and 3rd floors. There are some that have said the Linksys WRT600N, when properly configured, can span three floors, but I've never seen this in action.

Oh - although it's always better to post in an existing thread, your question isn't really related to the original question for this thread. In this case, you should start a new thread.