Can't connect to 5ghz wireless only 2.4ghz

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Hi tom's so yesterday i brought a new wireless dual band adapter - my room mate has the same and he has no problems (only me who has the problems)

- So every day when i come up to my room, i need to use 1-5 hours just to connect to 5ghz so I will be using 2,4ghz until I get help on this topic.
well I had an adapter before but i needed to take that out because it doesnt support 2ghz - and i can see the 5ghz connection in my config. ullity but when I try to connect to it, it just goes on the 2,4 instead and I need quick internet because i use it for work & gaming etc.

Product : TP-LINK : TL-WDN4200 - N300
network card : WAN miniport (SSTP)
driver : TL-WDN4200 driver & my old driver asus ASUS PCE-N15 11n Wireless LAN PCI-E Card
which i think i deactived. Please help me.
 
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- Thats didnt help.. It still only connects to 2.4ghz :-[
 
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bill001g

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If you use the same SSID for 2.4 and 5 you can control which it connects to. You need to go into the router and use different SSID so you can select which one you want to use.

If you are using the old network connection you setup that has the old SSID it will continue to use that SSID so you need to create a new network connection.
 
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bill001g

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If the SSID are the same it will always select what it thinks is stronger. You might be able to go into the setting for the wireless adapter and disable the 2.4g support but it depends on the adapter.

To create a new network connection you just go into the network control panel and select you want to create a new one.
 
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bill001g

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There really isn't a lot of difference between the dongles. Mostly it is going to be antenna size. Ones that have external antenna work a little better mostly because the antenna are bigger.

The cheapest thing to try is to put the dongle on a 15ft USB extension cable and see if putting it someplace else in the room makes a difference. Many times the best place to use the computer is not the best place to get signal. It also gets it away from all the metal and other parts of the computer especially if this is a desktop machine.
 
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