How to Change From 2.4ghz to 5ghz Wireless Network Adapter in Windows 10/8/7 [Tutorial]
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- How to Change From 2.4ghz to 5ghz Wireless Network Adapter in Windows 10/8/7 [Tutorial]
Wireless adapters can run in 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz, which also refers to as bands in Windows. If you're experiencing problems with your wireless connection, you could try and specify the preferred band.
Wi-Fi can run on two different bands of radio frequency: 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz.
With Microsoft's recent firmware update for the Surface Pro 3, among the new bits and pieces was a new Marvell Wifi driver that lets you switch between 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands on the fly. For those of us using a dual-band router, the updated driver should help resolve any related issues.
Channels are a series of sub-bands that operate within the 2.4- or 5-GHz bands. The 2.4-GHz band worked really well when the number of devices operating on the band were few and far between, but with today’s connected world, this band has become crowded, degrading network performance.
The 5-GHz band is much less crowded, resulting in less interference and higher data throughput speeds. If all your devices support it, you can force your router to use only the 5-GHz band. To check your devices for 5-GHz band support, you can check your manual. Or you can change the setting via the steps below on your router and check for devices that no longer work. If all of them work after your router reboots, all of your devices are compatible. The higher frequency band has a smaller range, however, so you’ll want to be sure all your devices will be in range of the router, or you can invest in an extender.
In an environment with other radiating devices nearby (such as microwave ovens, cordless telephones, access points, or client devices), in order to reduce interference, you may prefer the 5GHz band over the 2.4GHz band, or the reverse.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7 operating systems.Works for all major computer manufactures (Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Samsung).
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Surprisingly this did help, thanks so much! Very simple and easy non-sketchy video.
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I've been trying to figure out why my wife's internet connection was so much faster than mine, and this video really helped to fix the issue. Thanks.
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Shiii i have no idea what im doing thank god for this video
Yeeesss thank you so much, I changed my wifi to 2.4 to get a wirelss gismo to connect to my network and after doing so had no option to change it back to 5. This helped immensely and now everything is working perfectly, thank you!
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For those people that can't find 5 GHz here's the reason why some devices don't have a dual band WiFi card even though your router might support both bands (5 GHz, 2.4 GHz) you might need to upgrade to a new WiFi card that has 5 GHz or buy a device that has a dual band card that supports 5 GHz.
Or buy a 5 Ghz WiFi usb dongle.
How much is a new WiFi card?
@@DopeBoysofAtlanta I don't know have a look online
Thanks for another video, I was trying to do this last week. Definitely will come in handy for the future.
Glad to help.
I changed ‚Wireless Properties’ in the Advanced tab to 802.11ac and now my connection flies! Thanks
Thank you... I didn't have 'Preferred Band' and I couldn't find this answer. A list a saw I had 'a' and ac. I tried 'a'and it went down to 25 max. I found a/n/ac and tired that one, 609mbps instantly Supports up to 1,000, but isp told me it would vary 600-900 usually.
thanks man saved me alot of time.
So this helped me more than spectrum could. Thanks for posting this man!
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i do not have the "preferred band" option. Im on a desktop, im not sure if it matters between desktops and laptops when it comes to this. Im using an external USB wifi adapter.
same
Same problem
same he is a fruad
under advanced is a prefer 5 gb option.
I have the same issue, any one else found how can we change it?
this worked perfectly! My laptop automatically connects to the 5 and I dont use it enough to benefit from that speed so hopefully this brings some speed to other devices that need it!
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this helped a lot been having unreliable wireless connection lately and I checked that my PC is using 5ghz instead of 2.4ghz which from what I understand is more stable but weaker bandwidth thanks and dropped a sub
okay so what is your option if you cannot chose your prefered band? i can chose the wireless mode manually, but if i pick the 5ghz one it doesnt work, even tho i can select it.
This worked perfectly backward as well for me, thank you so much! I was suffering for 300ping and 1mb for internet using 5Ghz frequency. Now with 2.4 works 10/10!
Glad to help.
Wait isn't 5ghz faster than 2.4
@@chanvax2111 yeah but at longer distances 2.4 is better
@@HardwareAbiertowhat do you mean by longer distances?
@@DopeBoysofAtlanta i mean if youre too far away from your router its better for you to use 2.4 bc the signal will not be strong but it has much more reach than 5ghz, whose signal is stronger but has less reach
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@@Mohan_Abdullahi ED
Thanks for this one. My laptop has always this wifi issue where wifi disconnects at random times. hopefully this will fix it.
You're welcome!
Same i have that problem my laptop dont got prefer band option :/
i totally forgot about this option, my wifi6 laptop would not connect to the 5ghz band of my wifi6 router, now its fixed thanks for the video.
thank you! for whatever reason my pc was defaulting to 2.4 even tho im only 12 feet away from the router. And i needed the higher speeds that 5Ghz offers for quicker downloads
This solved my bluetooth earbud/wi fi signal interference problem beautifully. Thank you for this! You just got yourself a new sub today!
How?
@@VARSHA-ew2oy Because my earbuds were interfering with my wi fi signal since both were operating at 2.4ghz. Now that my wi fi is at 5ghz, it doesn't interfere.
If you don't have that option, your wireless adapter most likeley does not support dual band.
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Great video, straight to the point.
Glad to help!
Im wondering why i cant see a preffered band even tho i have a dual band wireless adpater can you help me?
great hotfix, problem solved, much appreciated. Cheers
Glad it helped!
Really really helpful video now I can play my CSGO, valorant peacefully without any choke and loss 🙂😘
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@@bot_5786 ahshha why
Does exactly what it says it will do...nice and simple for non-techies...thanks
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bro my pc is not showing many options in advanced option its only showing 4 to 5 options plzz tell wht to do ???
I've did that 4 days ago and it worked but now it changed to 2.4 ghz and in properties it says that i still have 5 ghz option on, what is going on?
Did u find any fix on it?
this video just changed my life, thank you
Glad it helped
There is no "prefered band" in my windows 7 !
Please ! help me !
Press settings then preference
@@IHatePeopleOfColor ??
@@prollybandit1569 ? Send Discord, what do you want?
For the people that dosent work This try double clicking wirless mode and put 802.11a that has función to me sl is more essier
The problem is I couldn't find the preferred band option in Advanced option, where to find it?
I dont have the advanced setting?
Also will it change to 5 ghz on my pc or the whole wifi.
It did not work for me, I did all the steps and rebooted the computer and it still can not connect to the 5G wifi network!
It's not G tho..
I just don‘t understand the 800 downvotes. The Tutorial was really helpfull, thanks.
Glad to help.
wtf my internet speed doubled from this lol.
i dont have the prefer banned options
Super, I've just done that now! Does it change the WiFi for all devices or just the device ie the computer?
F-ing AWESOME!!! Thank you so much! You're totally awesome!
Thank you! Was talking to spectrum they weren't helping. Is it possibly to do this for ios devices as well?
Hello! Does it matter if what wireless connection you are connected to? For instance, I am using ARRIS, and I have two options where to connect to either ARRIS-02D1 or ARRIS-02D1-5G. What if I am connected to ARRIS-02D1 but I have my wireless properties changed to 5G first?
Me too figured it out
What are the options to do this if you can't set the preffered band like you? (without splitting the 2 on the router itself)
I managed to solve this by going to the tab where the "prefer" option was supposed to be and under "Roaming Agressiveness" choosing the option from "3. Medium" do "5. Highest". I hope that helps!
my pc is only showing 2 options which are (long only) and (long and short ) in advanced tab .. at the right side.. plzz tll wht to do
long is probably 2.4 and short is 5
this video really helped to fix the issue. Thanks.
Glad to help.
Thank you so much, this video helped me to resolved the issue I had. God bless
Glad it helped
preferred band is not even located on my computer what should I do?
I managed to solve this by going to the tab where the "prefer" option was supposed to be and under "Roaming Agressiveness" choosing the option from "3. Medium" do "5. Highest". I hope that helps!
Bro i dont have prefered band
My Lenovo has updated (propably W10 update) the Qualcom wifi network driver to a version that won´t present the option to prefer 5ghz band. I have an Ideapad 310-15ISK. Any advice? Thank you and kudos for the channel!
Update: I managed to solve this by going to the tab where the "prefer" option was supposed to be and under "Roaming Agressiveness" choosing the option from "3. Medium" do "5. Highest". I hope that helps!
Thanks brother finally i can swipe my 2.4g to 5gz
Glad I could help
might be a bit late but thanks so much bro!!
Any time!
WORKED A CHARM, THANK YOU.
Thanks man, really helpful.
Glad it helped!
what if my pc only has 2.4 ghz but i can detect 5 ghz but when i play a game it disconnects and i have to restart multiple time before i can get wifi back
when i clicked on the preferred band on 5 ghz my wi-fi disconnects but when i change back to 2,4 ghz or below, it works, i don't get is it some bypass protection?
Can you plz help me how come I don’t get that make options like you
In my laptop i5 can I connect to 5G bcs my family says it's not available
Wow dude the amount of fake tutorials and this one is legit thank you so much!
Happy to help
Thank you. Fixed my issue!!
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If you dont have "preferred band" you might have "VHT 2.4G" click on that then in the drop down menu select disable which should force it into 5G
i disabled it but still goes back to 2.4 g
@ahmadalaama7217 you need to make sure your router supports 5g aswell as the USB WiFi adapter you have supports 5g
"This is where my wifi settings would be. _IF I HAD ANY_ "
there is a tab called "channel mode" for me and when i click it there it shows the speed of my wifi, for example 2.4ghz only or both or 5ghz only. so i changed it to 5ghz only and i wanted to ask if its safe or should i change it back?
thank you
i have a question , i have a connection issue with my asus tuf gaming when i play games. my wifi icon is just gone all of sudden while playing. i wanna cry, cant solve the problem. :(
If there is no ‘Preferred Band’
Select, VHT 2.4ghz and disable
Then check if works. Restart PC
OR
Change the ‘wireless’ band to the one ending in: a/n/nc
If that not available set
‘Roaming Aggressiveness’ to Highest
That’s all fixes I know of otherwise you may have to download drivers
Or it may not support 5ghz at all
I HAVE A PROBLEM HELP ME PLS
Bhai mere ghar me jio broadband lagaya hu lekin mobile 5g connect hota hai sirf par mere laptop me 5g show hi nahi karta hai sirf 4g wala show karta hai kya karu laptop me 5g kaise chalega btaiye please maine broadband connection lagwaya wo koi kaam ka nahi raha
Itu pakai adapter receiver apa bang?saya ko ga muncul ya pakai TPlink
how do i know wich one of those WAN miniport is mine? i use mobile hotspot
edit: i found mine but i dont have all these options on advanced
Suprisingly enough this works
You're welcome!
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I dont really have the advenaced tab... everything is there, but where the advanced tab is supposed to be, i just see the ones left and right of it
I put my perfered wifi to 5ghz but after a while it switched to 2.4 ghz but when i went to check device manager it still said the preferred one was 5ghz anyone have a solution to this?
I have prefered band i fixed and restarted it, still 2.4ghz what should i do?
Currently my adapter isn’t picking up any near by routers. Any ideas how I can fix?
Thank you so much 👍
Glad it helped!
how cn you explain imaginary system settings? i only have option between 11b and 11g
Lmao 11b and 11g are outdated 2.4ghz drivers
No "preferred band property" it just shows
Adhoc support 802.11n
Multimedia/gaming enviroment
Radio On/Off
Roaming Sensitivity.
Yeah me too....And he won't reply us
same did you figure out a solution?
It only works on the 2.4 GHz wireless band anytime you see a wifi "N" adapter with a suffix that ends in b/g/n, that means it is a single band (2.4 GHz only) wireless network adapter. It also depends on your device and your country some devices don't have a dual band WiFi card even though your router might support both bands (5 GHz, 2.4 GHz) you might need to upgrade to a new WiFi card or buy a device that has a dual band card.
I managed to solve this by going to the tab where the "prefer" option was supposed to be and under "Roaming Agressiveness" choosing the option from "3. Medium" do "5. Highest". I hope that helps!
Helpful video. Thank you
You're welcome!
Should i use the 6ghz one or the 5ghz?
Should I use 6 or 5
very helpful! on 5ghz now thank you
Glad it helped!
i dont have that many properties in advanced tab, any fix to that?
Can it help in playing game without little bit lag , you vedios help me a lot for my games plz make some more vedio like this
I actually turned 'prefer 5Ghz' from enabled to disabled and it fixed my slow usb wifi adapter for some reason
WHEN I CLICK PROPERTIES IN 5GHZ ADAPTOR I HAVE INSTALLED THERE IS NO PREFERRED BAND ON IT- THERE IS NO WI-FI EITHER ALTHOUGH IT IS A WI FI ADAPTOR AND THERE IS JUST DISABLE OR ENABLE ON IT NO 2,4 OR 5GHZ-EVEN U CLICK ENABLE ITS NOT WORKING-DO I NEED TO DISABLE 2.4 GHZ THAT CAME BUILT INTO PC? TOTALLY LOST AT MOMENT ANY HELP THANKS
My laptop has Mediatek wifi card (wifi 6 ) but when i turn on Bluetooth, the wifi speed decreases drastically. How to fix it?
I am on HP laptop and I don't have this 'Preferred band' option
i have 2.4ghz and 5ghz wifi and ethernet BUT my pc is only connecting to 2.4ghz help pls
I’ve watched countless videos trying to upgrade to 5gzh everything’s compatible. Computer, modem, I’ve gone through all the settings everything. And when I switch to preferred 5ghz I shows up but won’t connect as soon as I switch back to 2.4 it connects. Do you have any suggestions? would be very much appreciated!! Thank you for your time!
Restart laaptop/pc?
me too man its dumb, all of my other devices connect fine but my pc. and im only like 6 yards away
@@primestone1520 that will not fix this issue
Thx that was huge help!!!
Happy to help!
I just bought an ASUS dual band usb WiFi adapter and I don’t have that option, does anyone know another way?
It looks like i have a Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-5200U CPU @ 2.20GHz processor. Does that mean that 5g is not even an option for me
Hi bro. If Any option I select enable click then connect 5g router speed?.
There’s no preferred band option
My internet has 5 ghz
Thanks man 🤗
Any time!
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