USB Wifi Adapter 5Ghz

[nubek22]

The Router is Linksys AC 1200 Smart WiFi Router, Currently have 1 Laptop and 2 Tablets connected to the 5Ghz signal fine, but my USB WiFi adapter won't connect and when it does the internet is limited or just disconnects.

OS: Windows 8.1 64bit
The USB WiFi adapter is the Asus USB-AC55 using the latest drivers off there website, The connection quality is always above 4 Bars.

The Frame Error Sent goes up by 10 every second.

 

[g90814]

Could be a bad adapter. Have you tried it in other USB slots?

 

[nubek22]

The 2.4Ghz signal works fine no disconnects at all. I have tried different USB slots still same problem. I have gotten the message "Switching usb mode for better performance" or something similar to that message, and the device will disconnect from windows and reconnect. Heres the error message i recieve

 

[g90814]

What's interesting to me is that your SSID says 5Ghz, but on channel 11... which is a channel for 2.4Ghz?

What channel is your 5Ghz SSID at on the router?

 

[nubek22]

What's interesting to me is that your SSID says 5Ghz, but on channel 11... which is a channel for 2.4Ghz?

What channel is your 5Ghz SSID at on the router?

Yeah i think, that was just the ASUS ui bugged, cause 2.4Ghz is on Channel 1 and 5Ghz on Channel 36, i think the channels are set to AUTO on router.

 

[g90814]

Try putting the 5Ghz at one of the higher channels... 150+

AND make the encryption AES only... TKIP is old schoolf, and will slow things down.

You should also put some security on the guest network... anyone coming by could connect to it. Unless you need it that way on purpose.

 

[nubek22]

Try putting the 5Ghz at one of the higher channels... 150+

AND make the encryption AES only... TKIP is old schoolf, and will slow things down.

You should also put some security on the guest network... anyone coming by could connect to it. Unless you need it that way on purpose.

I tried what you suggested still Same problem, Laptop & Tablets connect fine just the desktop computer using the asus usb-ac55 having the problem

 

[g90814]

One last thing to try... delete ASUS drivers/software, reboot computer, and see if windows has generic drivers that work for it.

That's all I can think of.

 

[nubek22]

One last thing to try... delete ASUS drivers/software, reboot computer, and see if windows has generic drivers that work for it.

That's all I can think of.

Windows can't seem to find any drivers to auto install.

 

[nubek22]

Anyone with suggestions or an idea of what's wrong, please leave a reply getting beyond frustrated

Massive Frame Error Sent, extreme packet loss.

 

[nubek22]

Solved i installed the UT_USB_AC50_1002 Drivers instead. The Asus Utility doesn't work anymore but the drivers work great can finally connect to 5Ghz Signal!

 

[g90814]

Glad you found solution. Where did you find out that those drivers might work?

Dump the ASUS utility... most of the time that added software is junk anyway, and just complicates things.

 

[nubek22]

Glad you found solution. Where did you find out that those drivers might work?

Dump the ASUS utility... most of the time that added software is junk anyway, and just complicates things.

it was kind of by luck, i noticed while searching around people with Windows 8.1 and Wifi adapters that can connect to 5ghz seem to have a lot of problems, I also heard that going to the Driver manufacturer site and downloading the drivers from there worked for some with different Wifi adapters. In the end I was trying to search for earlier versions of the USB-AC55 Drivers and just ended up download the ac50 drivers to see if they would work.

 

[Cowsland]

I have the same problem but installing the other adepter drivers caused the wifi only to work at 2.4 ghz...

 

[Naritzia]

I have the same issue. After installing the drivers + utilities for the Asus AC55 it says "Switching USB-mode for.. blabla".
It then reconnects the wireless and I end up with a terrible wireless who has huge ping issues while no packetlosses can be detected by the Asus wireless program.
When I uninstall the Asus drivers/utilities my wireless works fine again with my old Dlink DW140.
Though I bought the AC55 to have a better performance but the drivers just mess everything up.
Since I have win7/and/or another problem, the UT_USB_AC50_1002 drivers did not solve any problems for me.

Best regards