using 5MHz on new laptop

[MetalMickey]

Hi new to all this and certainly a non techi, would like information if my new laptop Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30GHz can easily be used on 5mhz, currently using 2.4mhz.

Sorry if its a silly question but i used 5mhz on my old accer laptop via a usb Adapter on my EE router  and worked fine, thanks in advance.

Regards

Les.

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi, Les:

Not too many HP consumer class notebooks come with dual band wireless network adapters.

The fact that your notebook doesn't see the 5.0 GHz wireless SSID broadcast from your router is a pretty good indication that your notebook only has a single band (2.4 GHz only) wireless network adapter.

The easy way to confirm that would be to go to the device manager, click to expand the Network Adapters device manager category, and there you will find the name and model number of the wireless network adapter.

If the model suffix ends in b/g/n, then it is a single band wireless N card.

If the model suffix ends in a/b/g/n or a/g/n, then it is a dual band wireless N card.

[MetalMickey]

Thanks  Paul_Tikkanen

This hopefully is the information you asked for

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

I can confirm that the RTL8723BE bgn wifi adapter is a single band 2.4 GHz card.