Basic newbie questions about setting up an RB411/R52n-M as a WiFi card in a desktop computer at home.
GOAL: I would like to ask some basic newbie questions about setting up an RB411/R52n-M as a temporary WiFi card in a desktop computer at home.
- What is the difference between the pigtail on the RB411/R52n-M being on the LEFT versus RIGHT connector?
- Why does the antenna seem to be set up for 2.4GHz but the radio will only "see" my 5 GHz access points?
- Both PTP and CPE seem to work; so which setting is the one I should use for this application, and why? And, most important:
- What do I need to do to get the setup to be for 2.4GHz and not for 5GHz? [img]formatting link
SITUATION: I have borrowed a Windows desktop for a few months from a friend who went to Europe where the desktop doesn't have a WiFi card so I figured I'd use a spare RB411/R52n-M as a temporary "wifi adapter" while I am using the desktop. My SOHO Wi-Fi router at 192.168.1.1 is a typical Netgear n router, with both 2.4GHz and 5GHz access points, where it's about 30 or 40 feet away through a few walls so the 5GHz signal strength at the computer is only about -75dBm to about -85dBm (although the S/N is about 35dB). I'd like to use 2.4 GHz because it penetrates walls better (or so I'm told). Of course I tried the obvious thing, which is I moved the pigtail from the LEFT side of the RB411/R52n-M to the RIGHT; but when I did that, nothing works. It only works in the LEFT side. So I don't know how to get the radio to be 2.4GHz and not 5GHz and even so, the antenna seems fixed at 2.4GHz (according to the label on the antenna anyway).
QUESTIONS: This is what my RB411 routerboard and 2.4GHz (I think) antenna looks like (it was given to me for free by a neighbor who changed WISPs) [img]
So, in summary, I have three newbie basic questions that I would like advice on please.
- What is the difference between the pigtail on the RB411/R52n-M being on the LEFT versus RIGHT connector?
- Why does the antenna seem to be set up for 2.4GHz but the radio will only "see" my 5 GHz access points?
- Both PTP and CPE seem to work; so which setting is the one I should use for this application, and why?
And, most important:
- What do I need to do to get the setup to be for 2.4GHz and not for 5GHz?