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5GHz anthenna on 2.4GHz wifi adapter

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no, you will need a wifi adapter to support 5ghz.. the antenna means nothing if the chip on the card doesnt know how to use it. 

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So my current wifi adapter is 2.4GHz only and i wanted to upgrade to 5GHz for faster download speed (dont tell me to use lan cable). my current wifi adapter have an anthenna that's detatchable, if i switch the anthenna to the anthenna that does support 5GHz would the 5GHz work on my PC?

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no, you will need a wifi adapter to support 5ghz.. the antenna means nothing if the chip on the card doesnt know how to use it. 

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its worth noting that your router or whatever is transmitting your wifi signal needs to support 5ghz bands as well as whatever device is receiving the signal

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4 hours ago, Dogggo said:

So my current wifi adapter is 2.4GHz only and i wanted to upgrade to 5GHz for faster download speed (dont tell me to use lan cable). my current wifi adapter have an anthenna that's detatchable, if i switch the anthenna to the anthenna that does support 5GHz would the 5GHz work on my PC?

Is this adapter for a laptop or desktop? What make/model of adapter do you have?

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4 hours ago, Falcon1986 said:

Is this adapter for a laptop or desktop? What make/model of adapter do you have?

for a PC, TP-Link TL-WN722N

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6 minutes ago, Dogggo said:

for a PC, TP-Link TL-WN722N

That adapter does not support 5GHz wifi so unless you swap it out with something that does, there is nothing you can do to get 5GHz wifi (provided your router does support 5GHz wifi). Antennas don't add or remove functionality

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