Wi-Fi card problems

[Genxflow]

Made a previous post about this topic I found a gaming pc at the landfill and everything seems to work fine it’s got an MSI mother board not sure what kind i76700, GTX1060 and your obvious essentials your computer need also it’s running windows 10 but I’ve looked into it and found out that the RTL8192CE Wi-Fi card uses two antennas to get Wi-Fi but my does not have the two antennas I can still see two other networks plus my hotspot so not sure if I need to look into getting two antennas or just buy a net gear usb Wi-Fi card from Walmart

 

let me know what y’all think

 

not sure if they have really good Wi-Fi or I’m in a camper and not but 25-30 feet from the router itself so not sure what to do

 

 https://www.walmart.com/ip/NETGEAR-AC600-Dual-Band-WiFi-USB-Adapter-A6100-10000s/47507531

 

[Falcon1986]

12 minutes ago, Genxflow said:

not sure if they have really good Wi-Fi or I’m in a camper and not but 25-30 feet from the router itself so not sure what to do

The physical antennae are required for longer range reception, perhaps better 5GHz reception and definitely Bluetooth reception. If it's working fine as is for you, then I don't see a need to do anything just yet.

 

You can always get antennae from any electronics store. Just make sure the connectors are compatible.

[MantraWeasel]

12 minutes ago, Genxflow said:

 

Made a previous post about this topic I found a gaming pc at the landfill and everything seems to work fine it’s got an MSI mother board not sure what kind i76700, GTX1060 and your obvious essentials your computer need also it’s running windows 10 but I’ve looked into it and found out that the RTL8192CE Wi-Fi card uses two antennas to get Wi-Fi but my does not have the two antennas I can still see two other networks plus my hotspot so not sure if I need to look into getting two antennas or just buy a net gear usb Wi-Fi card from Walmart

 

let me know what y’all think

 

not sure if they have really good Wi-Fi or I’m in a camper and not but 25-30 feet from the router itself so not sure what to do

 

 https://www.walmart.com/ip/NETGEAR-AC600-Dual-Band-WiFi-USB-Adapter-A6100-10000s/47507531

 

No reason why the USB adapter wouldn't work   Not quite sure why your existing Realtek Wireless card isn't playing ball though.

 

Have you uninstalled it in Device Manager and rebooted your machine? It should reinstall on reboot. At which point you can see if your network pops up then. If you can connect to other networks from it then I'm not too sure what the issue is. WiFi 6 can use both 2.4hz and 5hz. 

 

As stated in the other thread too, I'd ensure that all windows updates are run as well on the off chance that something from a missed update fixes your issue. 

[Genxflow]

Yeah we’ll the problem is that I can’t see my person network that spectrum is what I have but I can see my neighbors so I’m not sure if it’s that or if I should just buy this 

 

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-dual-band-ac1200-usb-network-adapter-black/5732405.p?skuId=5732405

[Genxflow]

Okay yeah when I get to the house I’ll double check that and see because when I got this from the landfill it had no os or hard drive so I put all that on myself I’m going to pick up the asus usb adapter and see if it work if what you said doesn’t fix it but if it does im getting my 40 bucks back lol

[MantraWeasel]

1 minute ago, Genxflow said:

Okay yeah when I get to the house I’ll double check that and see because when I got this from the landfill it had no os or hard drive so I put all that on myself I’m going to pick up the asus usb adapter and see if it work if what you said doesn’t fix it but if it does im getting my 40 bucks back lol

Not bad for a landfill find though! I'm impressed.

[Genxflow]

Which I did uninstall the drive and installed it back using the scan for new hardware button and then rest my pc and it did nothing not sure if that’s that same thing though

 

and no doubt not bad at all lol

[MantraWeasel]

7 minutes ago, Genxflow said:

Which I did uninstall the drive and installed it back using the scan for new hardware button and then rest my pc and it did nothing not sure if that’s that same thing though

 

and no doubt not bad at all lol

Yeah that'll be the same end result. Let us know how it looks after running updates etc, not super confident that'll change much but you never know! 

 

The best trash find I had was a BluRay drive I ripped out of a PC in the side of the road when I was a teenager.. Simpler times! 

[Genxflow]

Lol so true yeah I suppose I’m gonna bite the bullet and go to Best Buy and get a asus usb Wi-Fi adapter they basically replace the factory one correct ?