<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Yes. Get something like this:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Archer-T2U-11AC-Adapter/dp/B00K11UIV4/ref=sr_1_5?crid=28MKS7SHT3ZVH&keywords=5ghz+wireless+adapter&qid=1559174557&s=gateway&sprefix=5gh,aps,117&sr=8-5" class="">https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Archer-T2U-11AC-Adapter/dp/B00K11UIV4/ref=sr_1_5?crid=28MKS7SHT3ZVH&keywords=5ghz+wireless+adapter&qid=1559174557&s=gateway&sprefix=5gh%2Caps%2C117&sr=8-5</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Swap<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 29, 2019, at 7:57 PM, Tara Calishain <<a href="mailto:researchbuzz@gmail.com" class="">researchbuzz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">If it were me, I'd get a USB port wireless adapter from Amazon. They're less than $10. I had to do this some at my old job, where the WiFi on a laptop would die and we'd get an adapter and try to baby it along for a while...<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Tara</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 7:55 PM David Needle <<a href="mailto:davidneedle@gmail.com" class="">davidneedle@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="">Yes, "only" supports 802.11n</div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 4:51 PM Swapnil “Swap” Bhartiya <<a href="mailto:arnieswap@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">arnieswap@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="">They should support 2.4Ghz too. 5Ghz won’t be detected by older chips. I am sure you are NOT confusing 5G network with 5Ghz wifi…<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Also if you can, check which network your wifi chip detects : <span style="font-family: open_sansregular, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> If it says that the adapter supports </span><span style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; font-family: open_sansbold, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3; font-size: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">802.11a</span><span style="font-family: open_sansregular, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> and </span><span style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; font-family: open_sansbold, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3; font-size: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">802.11g</span><span style="font-family: open_sansregular, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> and </span><span style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; font-family: open_sansbold, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3; font-size: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">802.11n</span><span style="font-family: open_sansregular, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> network modes, it means that the computer has 2.4 GHz and 5GHz network capability. If it says </span><span style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; font-family: open_sansbold, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3; font-size: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">802.11n 802.11g</span><span style="font-family: open_sansregular, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> and </span><span style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; font-family: open_sansbold, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3; font-size: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">802.11b </span><span style="font-family: open_sansregular, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">network modes, it means the computer has 2.4GHz network capability only.</span></div><div class=""><div class=""><font face="open_sansregular, Arial, sans-serif" size="3" class=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/computer-not-see-5ghz-wifi-sees-2-4ghz-windows/" target="_blank" class="">https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/computer-not-see-5ghz-wifi-sees-2-4ghz-windows/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Swap</div><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 29, 2019, at 7:44 PM, Todd R. Weiss <<a href="mailto:toddrweiss@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">toddrweiss@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="gmail-m_2899471961676225542gmail-m_13667097317068526Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">That's ridiculous. <div dir="auto" class="">If it isn't backward compatible then that is ridiculous system configuration. </div><div dir="auto" class="">There will be plenty of non 5G equipment around for a long time.</div><div dir="auto" class="">I don't buy that excuse. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">:)</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Todd R. Weiss<br class="">Technology Journalist<br class="">TechManTalking<br class=""><a href="mailto:toddrweiss@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">toddrweiss@gmail.com</a><br class="">O 717-806-5932<br class="">M 717-413-9630<br class=""><br class="">Publicist<br class="">Harmonious Wail<br class="">Gypsy Jazz with Style<br class=""><a href="http://www.wail.com/" target="_blank" class="">www.wail.com</a><br class="">717-413-9630<br class=""><a href="mailto:toddrweiss@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">toddrweiss@gmail.com</a></div></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 29, 2019, 7:33 PM Swapnil “Swap” Bhartiya <<a href="mailto:arnieswap@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">arnieswap@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Yes. If your wifi chip doesn’t support 5Ghz, it won’t work. We have some older lappies and they can only detect 2.4GHz.<br class="">
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> I ask this because of an incident in the press room at Salesforce's TrailheaDX conference today. They had a special WiFi password for the room, but it didn't work for me. A tech came over, but couldn't get it to work, even after also trying several other "secret" WiFi logins. <br class="">
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> His explanation was that they had probably set it up for 5G and my notebook didn't support that. <br class="">
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> No idea if that's a plausible explanation. No one else seemed to have a problem connecting. As it turned out, there was another WiFi code available to all attendees that worked perfectly fine throughout the Moscone Center so it turned out not to be an issue. <br class="">
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> Is there another explanation? Is this issue likely to come again anytime soon? <br class="">
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