So I've got a PC that I haven't used in a long time. Asus P6X58D Premium is the motherboard, running Win7 HP. I recently finally made the plunge and bought a wireless router (Belkin N750DB dual band). My laptop (Acer 7740G) picks up the 2.4ghz band from my router, but no luck finding the 5.0ghz band. I suspect this may be because the laptop's wireless card needs to be dual band, or 5.0ghz compatible, but am not sure, so any insight on that would be appreciated. I dug out my desktop described above and was going to hook it up to my wifi, but I'm having no luck.
It shows two network adapters, both Marvell Yukon Ethernet adapters. And device mgr. shows a Teredo tunneling adapter, and I think I remember seeing the word "miniport" somewhere by this device as well. It has a yellow exclamation mark next to it. I tried updating drivers, and it says drivers are up to date, but the device failed to start. Tried uninstalling/reinstalling, same result.
I've been reading around and see others with the same mobo talking about they have PCI (or PCI-E) wireless cards installed. So I'm wondering if that mobo does not come with a wireless adapter at all? I did a little browsing amazon to see how much a PCI-E wireless card would run, and I ran into yet another question/problem. Which PCI(E) wireless card would work with my N750DB router and take full advantage of the dual bandwidth? I see a N600 adapter for Belkins, but it's USB. Most of the PCI cards are other brands, so I'm unsure if they would be compatible. If I need a card, I'd like to get something that would allow me to simultaneously (on the same PC) use both 2.4ghz and 5.0ghz, or is that not even possible?
Sorry for all the questions, I'm jumping into a technology that's new to me, and there are a lot of variables. Any and all help is appreciated.
It shows two network adapters, both Marvell Yukon Ethernet adapters. And device mgr. shows a Teredo tunneling adapter, and I think I remember seeing the word "miniport" somewhere by this device as well. It has a yellow exclamation mark next to it. I tried updating drivers, and it says drivers are up to date, but the device failed to start. Tried uninstalling/reinstalling, same result.
I've been reading around and see others with the same mobo talking about they have PCI (or PCI-E) wireless cards installed. So I'm wondering if that mobo does not come with a wireless adapter at all? I did a little browsing amazon to see how much a PCI-E wireless card would run, and I ran into yet another question/problem. Which PCI(E) wireless card would work with my N750DB router and take full advantage of the dual bandwidth? I see a N600 adapter for Belkins, but it's USB. Most of the PCI cards are other brands, so I'm unsure if they would be compatible. If I need a card, I'd like to get something that would allow me to simultaneously (on the same PC) use both 2.4ghz and 5.0ghz, or is that not even possible?
Sorry for all the questions, I'm jumping into a technology that's new to me, and there are a lot of variables. Any and all help is appreciated.