how to see what frequency the wireless network is using
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Say I'm connected to a particular access point and that I'm using Windows 10 Pro. How would I be able to find out if the access point is using 2.4GHz or 5GHz?
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Say I'm connected to a particular access point and that I'm using Windows 10 Pro. How would I be able to find out if the access point is using 2.4GHz or 5GHz?
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You can access the AP and check your connection status depending on your AP's firmware, or you can install a software like this one: acrylicwifi.com/en/wlan-software/wlan-scanner-acrylic-wifi-free which can give you the needed info
– Alex
Apr 18 '16 at 18:31
Dupe: Get the wireless adapter frequency-band mode in Windows 7
– DavidPostill♦
Apr 18 '16 at 18:42
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Say I'm connected to a particular access point and that I'm using Windows 10 Pro. How would I be able to find out if the access point is using 2.4GHz or 5GHz?
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Say I'm connected to a particular access point and that I'm using Windows 10 Pro. How would I be able to find out if the access point is using 2.4GHz or 5GHz?
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You can access the AP and check your connection status depending on your AP's firmware, or you can install a software like this one: acrylicwifi.com/en/wlan-software/wlan-scanner-acrylic-wifi-free which can give you the needed info
– Alex
Apr 18 '16 at 18:31
Dupe: Get the wireless adapter frequency-band mode in Windows 7
– DavidPostill♦
Apr 18 '16 at 18:42
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You can access the AP and check your connection status depending on your AP's firmware, or you can install a software like this one: acrylicwifi.com/en/wlan-software/wlan-scanner-acrylic-wifi-free which can give you the needed info
– Alex
Apr 18 '16 at 18:31
Dupe: Get the wireless adapter frequency-band mode in Windows 7
– DavidPostill♦
Apr 18 '16 at 18:42
You can access the AP and check your connection status depending on your AP's firmware, or you can install a software like this one: acrylicwifi.com/en/wlan-software/wlan-scanner-acrylic-wifi-free which can give you the needed info
– Alex
Apr 18 '16 at 18:31
You can access the AP and check your connection status depending on your AP's firmware, or you can install a software like this one: acrylicwifi.com/en/wlan-software/wlan-scanner-acrylic-wifi-free which can give you the needed info
– Alex
Apr 18 '16 at 18:31
Dupe: Get the wireless adapter frequency-band mode in Windows 7
– DavidPostill♦
Apr 18 '16 at 18:42
Dupe: Get the wireless adapter frequency-band mode in Windows 7
– DavidPostill♦
Apr 18 '16 at 18:42
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In windows 10 (once you connect) you just go to Settings/Netowrk&Internet/click on the SSID name and scroll down to properties. It tells you the Band, protocol, channel, security type, and all that good stuff.
update: Only on windows 10 anniversary update and up
answered Apr 18 '16 at 18:53
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Doesn't work for me. Clicking on the SSID name just displays a "Disconnect" button. There is no "Properties" section or button anywhere to be seen.
– Tilman Schmidt
Aug 28 '16 at 20:48
Windows 10? Mine shows it. Just checked again. It even shows a "properties" if I click on the SSID down in the taskbar. I guess I am running the preview version on this PC though...
– jAce
Aug 29 '16 at 14:02
Mine is Windows 10 Pro, updated from Windows 7 Professional. German locale, but I'm sure I'd recognize any of the translations for "properties" Microsoft would come up with. (Although their German translations are often quite strange and inconsistent.)
– Tilman Schmidt
Aug 30 '16 at 22:26
I also don't have the SSID anywhere in the taskbar, just the WLAN icon which displays the SSID as mouseover. If I click on that I get the list of visible WLANs, with mine marked as "connected, secured", and if I click on that, the "disconnect" button appears, nothing else. At the bottom of the list is a link "network settings" and two buttons to switch off the WLAN or to switch to airplane mode.
– Tilman Schmidt
Aug 30 '16 at 22:33
1
It is a "windows 10 anniversary update" feature. So it won't be on your PC till it's updated. Either Automatically by windows or manually by you.
– jAce
Aug 31 '16 at 21:19
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Windows 10 Home:
Network settings> wifi> advanced options
or
System information> Components> Network> Adapter> scroll down to wireless section
answered Aug 5 '17 at 12:27
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on windows commandline: netsh wlan show interfaces
See Radio Type and Channel
edited Nov 25 at 15:32
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3 Answers
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In windows 10 (once you connect) you just go to Settings/Netowrk&Internet/click on the SSID name and scroll down to properties. It tells you the Band, protocol, channel, security type, and all that good stuff.
update: Only on windows 10 anniversary update and up
answered Apr 18 '16 at 18:53
jAce
1,14541427
Doesn't work for me. Clicking on the SSID name just displays a "Disconnect" button. There is no "Properties" section or button anywhere to be seen.
– Tilman Schmidt
Aug 28 '16 at 20:48
Windows 10? Mine shows it. Just checked again. It even shows a "properties" if I click on the SSID down in the taskbar. I guess I am running the preview version on this PC though...
– jAce
Aug 29 '16 at 14:02
Mine is Windows 10 Pro, updated from Windows 7 Professional. German locale, but I'm sure I'd recognize any of the translations for "properties" Microsoft would come up with. (Although their German translations are often quite strange and inconsistent.)
– Tilman Schmidt
Aug 30 '16 at 22:26
I also don't have the SSID anywhere in the taskbar, just the WLAN icon which displays the SSID as mouseover. If I click on that I get the list of visible WLANs, with mine marked as "connected, secured", and if I click on that, the "disconnect" button appears, nothing else. At the bottom of the list is a link "network settings" and two buttons to switch off the WLAN or to switch to airplane mode.
– Tilman Schmidt
Aug 30 '16 at 22:33
1
It is a "windows 10 anniversary update" feature. So it won't be on your PC till it's updated. Either Automatically by windows or manually by you.
– jAce
Aug 31 '16 at 21:19
|
show 1 more comment
up vote
7
down vote
accepted
In windows 10 (once you connect) you just go to Settings/Netowrk&Internet/click on the SSID name and scroll down to properties. It tells you the Band, protocol, channel, security type, and all that good stuff.
update: Only on windows 10 anniversary update and up
answered Apr 18 '16 at 18:53
jAce
1,14541427
Doesn't work for me. Clicking on the SSID name just displays a "Disconnect" button. There is no "Properties" section or button anywhere to be seen.
– Tilman Schmidt
Aug 28 '16 at 20:48
Windows 10? Mine shows it. Just checked again. It even shows a "properties" if I click on the SSID down in the taskbar. I guess I am running the preview version on this PC though...
– jAce
Aug 29 '16 at 14:02
Mine is Windows 10 Pro, updated from Windows 7 Professional. German locale, but I'm sure I'd recognize any of the translations for "properties" Microsoft would come up with. (Although their German translations are often quite strange and inconsistent.)
– Tilman Schmidt
Aug 30 '16 at 22:26
I also don't have the SSID anywhere in the taskbar, just the WLAN icon which displays the SSID as mouseover. If I click on that I get the list of visible WLANs, with mine marked as "connected, secured", and if I click on that, the "disconnect" button appears, nothing else. At the bottom of the list is a link "network settings" and two buttons to switch off the WLAN or to switch to airplane mode.
– Tilman Schmidt
Aug 30 '16 at 22:33
1
It is a "windows 10 anniversary update" feature. So it won't be on your PC till it's updated. Either Automatically by windows or manually by you.
– jAce
Aug 31 '16 at 21:19
|
show 1 more comment
up vote
7
down vote
accepted
up vote
7
down vote
accepted
In windows 10 (once you connect) you just go to Settings/Netowrk&Internet/click on the SSID name and scroll down to properties. It tells you the Band, protocol, channel, security type, and all that good stuff.
update: Only on windows 10 anniversary update and up
answered Apr 18 '16 at 18:53
jAce
1,14541427
In windows 10 (once you connect) you just go to Settings/Netowrk&Internet/click on the SSID name and scroll down to properties. It tells you the Band, protocol, channel, security type, and all that good stuff.
update: Only on windows 10 anniversary update and up
answered Apr 18 '16 at 18:53
jAce
1,14541427
edited Aug 31 '16 at 21:20
answered Apr 18 '16 at 18:53
jAce
1,14541427
answered Apr 18 '16 at 18:53
jAce
1,14541427
answered Apr 18 '16 at 18:53
jAce
1,14541427
1,14541427
Doesn't work for me. Clicking on the SSID name just displays a "Disconnect" button. There is no "Properties" section or button anywhere to be seen.
– Tilman Schmidt
Aug 28 '16 at 20:48
Windows 10? Mine shows it. Just checked again. It even shows a "properties" if I click on the SSID down in the taskbar. I guess I am running the preview version on this PC though...
– jAce
Aug 29 '16 at 14:02
Mine is Windows 10 Pro, updated from Windows 7 Professional. German locale, but I'm sure I'd recognize any of the translations for "properties" Microsoft would come up with. (Although their German translations are often quite strange and inconsistent.)
– Tilman Schmidt
Aug 30 '16 at 22:26
I also don't have the SSID anywhere in the taskbar, just the WLAN icon which displays the SSID as mouseover. If I click on that I get the list of visible WLANs, with mine marked as "connected, secured", and if I click on that, the "disconnect" button appears, nothing else. At the bottom of the list is a link "network settings" and two buttons to switch off the WLAN or to switch to airplane mode.
– Tilman Schmidt
Aug 30 '16 at 22:33
1
It is a "windows 10 anniversary update" feature. So it won't be on your PC till it's updated. Either Automatically by windows or manually by you.
– jAce
Aug 31 '16 at 21:19
|
show 1 more comment
Doesn't work for me. Clicking on the SSID name just displays a "Disconnect" button. There is no "Properties" section or button anywhere to be seen.
– Tilman Schmidt
Aug 28 '16 at 20:48
Windows 10? Mine shows it. Just checked again. It even shows a "properties" if I click on the SSID down in the taskbar. I guess I am running the preview version on this PC though...
– jAce
Aug 29 '16 at 14:02
Mine is Windows 10 Pro, updated from Windows 7 Professional. German locale, but I'm sure I'd recognize any of the translations for "properties" Microsoft would come up with. (Although their German translations are often quite strange and inconsistent.)
– Tilman Schmidt
Aug 30 '16 at 22:26
I also don't have the SSID anywhere in the taskbar, just the WLAN icon which displays the SSID as mouseover. If I click on that I get the list of visible WLANs, with mine marked as "connected, secured", and if I click on that, the "disconnect" button appears, nothing else. At the bottom of the list is a link "network settings" and two buttons to switch off the WLAN or to switch to airplane mode.
– Tilman Schmidt
Aug 30 '16 at 22:33
1
It is a "windows 10 anniversary update" feature. So it won't be on your PC till it's updated. Either Automatically by windows or manually by you.
– jAce
Aug 31 '16 at 21:19
Doesn't work for me. Clicking on the SSID name just displays a "Disconnect" button. There is no "Properties" section or button anywhere to be seen.
– Tilman Schmidt
Aug 28 '16 at 20:48
Doesn't work for me. Clicking on the SSID name just displays a "Disconnect" button. There is no "Properties" section or button anywhere to be seen.
– Tilman Schmidt
Aug 28 '16 at 20:48
Windows 10? Mine shows it. Just checked again. It even shows a "properties" if I click on the SSID down in the taskbar. I guess I am running the preview version on this PC though...
– jAce
Aug 29 '16 at 14:02
Windows 10? Mine shows it. Just checked again. It even shows a "properties" if I click on the SSID down in the taskbar. I guess I am running the preview version on this PC though...
– jAce
Aug 29 '16 at 14:02
Mine is Windows 10 Pro, updated from Windows 7 Professional. German locale, but I'm sure I'd recognize any of the translations for "properties" Microsoft would come up with. (Although their German translations are often quite strange and inconsistent.)
– Tilman Schmidt
Aug 30 '16 at 22:26
Mine is Windows 10 Pro, updated from Windows 7 Professional. German locale, but I'm sure I'd recognize any of the translations for "properties" Microsoft would come up with. (Although their German translations are often quite strange and inconsistent.)
– Tilman Schmidt
Aug 30 '16 at 22:26
I also don't have the SSID anywhere in the taskbar, just the WLAN icon which displays the SSID as mouseover. If I click on that I get the list of visible WLANs, with mine marked as "connected, secured", and if I click on that, the "disconnect" button appears, nothing else. At the bottom of the list is a link "network settings" and two buttons to switch off the WLAN or to switch to airplane mode.
– Tilman Schmidt
Aug 30 '16 at 22:33
I also don't have the SSID anywhere in the taskbar, just the WLAN icon which displays the SSID as mouseover. If I click on that I get the list of visible WLANs, with mine marked as "connected, secured", and if I click on that, the "disconnect" button appears, nothing else. At the bottom of the list is a link "network settings" and two buttons to switch off the WLAN or to switch to airplane mode.
– Tilman Schmidt
Aug 30 '16 at 22:33
1
1
It is a "windows 10 anniversary update" feature. So it won't be on your PC till it's updated. Either Automatically by windows or manually by you.
– jAce
Aug 31 '16 at 21:19
It is a "windows 10 anniversary update" feature. So it won't be on your PC till it's updated. Either Automatically by windows or manually by you.
– jAce
Aug 31 '16 at 21:19
|
show 1 more comment
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0
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Windows 10 Home:
Network settings> wifi> advanced options
or
System information> Components> Network> Adapter> scroll down to wireless section
answered Aug 5 '17 at 12:27
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Windows 10 Home:
Network settings> wifi> advanced options
or
System information> Components> Network> Adapter> scroll down to wireless section
answered Aug 5 '17 at 12:27
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Windows 10 Home:
Network settings> wifi> advanced options
or
System information> Components> Network> Adapter> scroll down to wireless section
answered Aug 5 '17 at 12:27
RiffRaffMama
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Windows 10 Home:
Network settings> wifi> advanced options
or
System information> Components> Network> Adapter> scroll down to wireless section
answered Aug 5 '17 at 12:27
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answered Aug 5 '17 at 12:27
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answered Aug 5 '17 at 12:27
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on windows commandline: netsh wlan show interfaces
See Radio Type and Channel
edited Nov 25 at 15:32
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answered Nov 25 at 14:39
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on windows commandline: netsh wlan show interfaces
See Radio Type and Channel
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on windows commandline: netsh wlan show interfaces
See Radio Type and Channel
edited Nov 25 at 15:32
Albin
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answered Nov 25 at 14:39
Teve
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on windows commandline: netsh wlan show interfaces
See Radio Type and Channel
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Albin
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answered Nov 25 at 14:39
Teve
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Albin
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Albin
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You can access the AP and check your connection status depending on your AP's firmware, or you can install a software like this one: acrylicwifi.com/en/wlan-software/wlan-scanner-acrylic-wifi-free which can give you the needed info
– Alex
Apr 18 '16 at 18:31
Dupe: Get the wireless adapter frequency-band mode in Windows 7
– DavidPostill♦
Apr 18 '16 at 18:42