Problems with WiFi connection on a Pavilion g6-2213sl

[Kagliostro]

Hi guys

I've a wifi connection problen with my Pavillion g6 2213sl

Often I lost connection or te Diwnload/Upload is very very low

Were I live there are many connections at 2.4GHz and I think that the problem may be there

On my g6 the WiFi unit installed is a RALINK RT5390R 802.11bgn

I've find this WiFi unit (Realtek RTL8822CE Mini PCIe WiFi card, 2.4GHz - 5GHz)

 https://www.amazon.it/dp/B0CBQDT7X4/?coliid=I2NQUPCACALSGG&colid=1LXQBT29PL9X9&psc=1&ref_=list_c_wl_... 

That is also cheap, Can I install that unit that support both 2.4GHz & 5GHz) on my g6 ?

Must I change also the antenna ??

Many Many Thanks for any help, suggestion, info

K

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

The Ralink cards don't work right on the newer builds of W10.

There should be two antenna wires connected to the Ralink Wi-Fi card.

I'm not sure about the card you want to buy.

It's the right HMC form factor so It may work.

I believe that you should be able to upgrade to this model Wi-Fi card:

Broadcom BCM4352 802.11ac 2x2 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 4.0   HP part # 724935-001

You should be able to find the card on eBay.

[Kagliostro]

Thanks

This morning a friend gived me an INTEL WiFi Card, recovered from an unknown broken laptop (thinking it was a 2.4GHz one)

I tried it and it works VERY WELL, I didn't required to install any specific driver and when I activated the card it showed both 2.4GHz & 5GHz connections (as told I've a dual band modem), I connected to the 5GHz network and all is fine

Now I can go anywere at home and always I've a 50Mb signal transfer as I use the Lan Cable

And ... no antenna changes, all works fine

Very satisfied about this

Many Thanks for answering

K

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Glad the free Intel card worked fine for you.

What model Intel card did you install?

Some of those cards have built in Bluetooth, but on the older cards you may need to install the Bluetooth driver.

[Kagliostro]

This are the photo of the Intel Card, model 6235ANHMW

.Seems I remembered wrongly, no Buetooth, the Bluethoot abilities were in one other card (only 2.4 et performs not very well)

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BTW I tried the card also on an HP dv6 2136el I've that suffer the same problem (but less than the g6) and this card is not admitted by the bios of the dv6, I would like to find a new dual band card also for the dv6 but don't know which one can be compatible

K

[Paul_Tikkanen]

The Intel 6235 is both a combination Wi-Fi/Bluetooth adapter.

In the device manager there should be a Bluetooth device manager category.

Within that category, there should be an Intel Bluetooth device listed.

If there is a Generic Bluetooth device, the Intel Bluetooth driver is missing and needs to be installed.

If you need the Bluetooth driver, I also zipped up and attached the driver below and you can manually install it as follows...

Download and unzip the file to its folder.   Do not do anything with the drivers in the folder.

Go to the device manager.  Click on the USB\VID_8087&PID_07DA device needing the driver.

Click on the driver tab.  Click on Update Driver.

Select the 'Browse my computer for drivers' option and browse to the driver folder you unzipped.

Make sure that the Include subfolders box is checked, and the driver should install.

The dv6 2136el has a BIOS whitelist which prevents the installation of any other model Wi-Fi card from working other than the one it came with.

[Kagliostro]

Many Many thanks

I installed your driver and all now is fine

(initially I didn't find any way to follow your suggestions but I was on the dv6 instead of the g6, me stupid)

I'm sad to read I can't upgrade the dv6, it is my wife notebook.... the only chance will be to adopt an USB Dual Band device ?

Thanks again

K

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Yes, the only option for the dv6 would be to use a dual band USB Wi-Fi adapter.

I use this one which is small, dual band and even has built in Bluetooth:

RUIZHI USB WIFI, Adattatore Per PC 600mbps Dual Band 2.4G/5.8GHz, Bluetooth 4.2 Dongle Scheda Per La...

[Kagliostro]

Many Thanks Again

It is also a very cheap unit (and small), I'll order one for sure

Thanks

K

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Anytime.

Glad to have been of assistance.