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(deleted) Wed 03-Sep-14 06:03:51
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Dongle for BT HH5 5GHz


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Any recommendations please for a good USB dongle to connect to my new Home Hub 5 on the 5GHz band? It's for an HP Envy (2011) which only supports 2.4GHz.
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(elder) Wed 03-Sep-14 15:38:14
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Re: Dongle for BT HH5 5GHz


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Hmmm.

I have an ASUS with the same problem, and an ASUS RT-N66U router. So I bought an ASUS USB-N53 Dual-band N600 dongle.

A complete disaster as unless I made some stupid mistake the drivers I downloaded for it didn't get on well at all with my laptop on Win 8.1. The "connected speed" was fine, but the throughput all over the place. Clearly visible on NetWorx graph, stuttering YouTube, slow-loading pages and terrible speed tests.

Back in its box and now on 72Mbps at 2.4GHz. Samsung SIII and iPad AIr brilliant on 5GHz, so it isn't the router.

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