I have an Acer Spin3 laptop running Win10. After Win10 boots up, sometimes the 5 GHz channel connects right away, but sometimes it is slow to connect so Firefox does not see an internet connection. When this happens, I click the internet access icon in the notifications area and it always shows my 2.4 GHz channel but not the 5 GHz channel. After I wait for about 20 seconds, the 5 GHz channel appears and it auto connects fine.
I could use the 2.4 GHz channel but there are many neighbors also on 2.4 GHz so I'm using the 5 GHz channel which is wide open.
My hardware setup is: (where === is ethernet cable)
(Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 EX7000-100NAS WiFi range extender) ==== (Pace 5168NV Modem/Router) ==== (Fiber optic converter) -------< Fiber optic line
I can be 12 feet from the Netgear range extender in the same room, or 20 feet away in another room and the same 5 GHz slow to connect problem occurs. The 2.4 GHz channel always connects instantly.
The 5 GHz channel is strong with maximum bars. Once it connects, it runs fast and fine with no problems.
Any ideas?
I could use the 2.4 GHz channel but there are many neighbors also on 2.4 GHz so I'm using the 5 GHz channel which is wide open.
My hardware setup is: (where === is ethernet cable)
(Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 EX7000-100NAS WiFi range extender) ==== (Pace 5168NV Modem/Router) ==== (Fiber optic converter) -------< Fiber optic line
I can be 12 feet from the Netgear range extender in the same room, or 20 feet away in another room and the same 5 GHz slow to connect problem occurs. The 2.4 GHz channel always connects instantly.
The 5 GHz channel is strong with maximum bars. Once it connects, it runs fast and fine with no problems.
Any ideas?