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banana200 · 03-14-2016, 02:34 PM

Hi everyone,

I am having a problem with my desktop where it cannot detect wireless-N from any routers, including my own 2 routers.

As you can see in the image, Radio Type is 802.11g, not 802.11n.

I don't think it's the network card, because I have tried 2 (D-Link DWA-552 Xtreme N [PCI] and DWA-556 Xtreme N [PCIe]) network cards, and none of them detected wireless-N. I tried the two cards on another computer and they were able to detect wireless-N.

I have no problem with other computers and laptop around the house, so I don't think it's the routers (they are both operating in 2.4 GHz mode) either.

I actually had this problem the first day I built the computer, and I thought I had a bad network card, so I bought a long Ethernet cable instead.

I have no idea as to how I would start to troubleshoot this.

The problem desktop build:
4790k
Asus Z87-A motherboard
750W EVGA

Any help is greatly appreciated!

03-14-2016, 02:34 PM	#1
banana200 NEWBIE ACCOUNT! Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Victoria Posts: 19 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts Failed 0 Times in 0 Posts	Desktop not detecting wireless-N from router Hi everyone, I am having a problem with my desktop where it cannot detect wireless-N from any routers, including my own 2 routers. As you can see in the image, Radio Type is 802.11g, not 802.11n. I don't think it's the network card, because I have tried 2 (D-Link DWA-552 Xtreme N [PCI] and DWA-556 Xtreme N [PCIe]) network cards, and none of them detected wireless-N. I tried the two cards on another computer and they were able to detect wireless-N. I have no problem with other computers and laptop around the house, so I don't think it's the routers (they are both operating in 2.4 GHz mode) either. I actually had this problem the first day I built the computer, and I thought I had a bad network card, so I bought a long Ethernet cable instead. I have no idea as to how I would start to troubleshoot this. The problem desktop build: 4790k Asus Z87-A motherboard 750W EVGA Any help is greatly appreciated! Last edited by banana200; 03-14-2016 at 02:43 PM.