[SOLVED] 802.11ac 2.4 Ghz Compatibility

[NAN0 STR1KE]

Hi,

I recently got a new laptop and now realise the wifi card is a 802.11ac card. My home wifi is a 2.4 Ghz (802.11g/n) network, and when I connect to it I get very slow speeds (around 10% of the speed on wireless other devices). I want to know before I go out and purchase and fit an ethernet cable that reaches where I use it that the problem is the 5 Ghz vs 2.4 Ghz.

I can't see a definitive answer on the internet, so.. will a 802.11ac wifi card connect to 2.4 Ghz without any problems? as my vague understanding is that the 802.11ac standard is 5 Ghz only.

The laptop is a Asus TUF FX505DT-AL086T
The wifi adapter is a Realtek 8821CE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC

Thank you for any and all help
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[bill001g]

Your card like most is dual band and it will run 802.11n on the 2.4g band. Even on a 5g band if you had a 802.11n router it would just drop to the older protocol. It would connect to even older stuff like b and g if you had really old routers.