uffbros Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I just bought a friend a laptop and the wireless has ac wireless. Their router is N. From what I am reading this will not work because the ac has to be 5GHZ frequency and the N router is 2.4 GHZ. Is this true? Will I have to buy them another router? They have the TL-WR841N(TP Link) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PriSim Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 laptop proper model name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uffbros Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share Posted April 18, 2017 Dell Inspiron 15 5000. http://www.dell.com/en-us/member/shop/productdetails/inspiron-15-5567-laptop/fndcg2310h?dgc=SS&cid=308297&lid=5829435&acd=1230923035698250c101442620&ven3=111103836235896943 I think I just answered my own question..I see the adapter is 2.4 and 5.0GHZ so would work on an N single band router. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudrax Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 The laptop should be backward compliant to N specification. See the specification of the laptop. You should find 802.11a/b/g/n/ac in the network category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 The TP-Link TL-WR841ND is just one of the routers that I use — it does not possess the 5 GHz Wireless Network Mode and hence can be used on only the following Wireless Network Modes:— N-Only (2.4 GHz) B-Only G-Only BG-Mixed NG-Mixed Disabled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debebee Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 It will still work since and AC wireless laptop can be configured to accept N, G wifi too.. It's called backward compatibility.. This allows your laptop to work on those public Wireless N wifis that are still popular.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uffbros Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share Posted April 18, 2017 Thats what I thought.....the adapter is 2.4 and 5.0 GHZ...the N router will work because of the ability to do 2.4 GHZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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