You can enjoy 5GHz Internet speed on your old laptop by using this easy fix.
Do you have a fast Internet speed but your old laptop records a much slower speed?

If you check your speed on a newer laptop you get a faster Internet speed.

This problem could be because your WiFi adapter supports only the 2.4GHz band, instead of the faster 5GHz band.

Let's first see whether the Wifi adapter supports the 5GHz band.

To do this we shall use the command prompt.

Go to Window search and enter command.

Next, enter the following command.
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Check under radio types supported.

Here we can see that 802.11b, 802.11 G and 802.11n are supported.

Let's check whether they support 5G Wifi.

The explanation is the b, g and n type adapter supports only 2.4GHz.

Does that mean your older laptop can only get lower Internet speeds forever?

Not really.

You can enjoy 5G speeds on your older laptop by getting an affordable USB 5G adapter.

The adapter we'll be using is the TP-Link AC600 Mini Wireless USB adapter.

The link is given in the description below.

We'll be using this adapter on a 2008 computer.

In other words, a Core 2 Duo laptop.

We shall plug this Wifi Adapter into the laptop's spare USB port.

If you're using the latest version of Windows, the driver should be installed automatically.

Let's now see whether the laptop detects the WiFi adapter.

Yes, a new 5G connection is available.

Below is the old 2.4 G connection.

We can also confirm the WiFi connection by clicking on properties.

Yes, a 5G connection is now available.

We can also check the device manager. We can see that 802.11ac, the 5G WiFi standard is available.

Let's see how much the file download speed has improved with the 5G connection. This is the download speed with the 2.4GHz connection.

Let's now try downloading the same file with the new 5G connection. This is the download speed with the 5 GHz connection.

We can see a dramatic increase in the download speed, almost about 500%.

We have now transformed a 14-year-old laptop with a 2G WiFi connection into a 5G WiFi connection.

If you have an older laptop with a slow Internet connection, give these steps a try to enjoy 5G WiFi speed.

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