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Using a USB 2.4 / 5.0 GHz WiFI Adapter Dongle on an Older Laptop
My laptop is older and doesn't recognize 802.11 ac (5 GHz signal). I know our router is putting out 5 GHz and 2.4 since our smartphones can join with either 2.4 or 5.0.
There are many USB dongles on the market that all work in a similar manner. You plug the USB thumb drive in your computer and load their driver software which gives you a wifi adapter that will recognize 2.4 and 5.0.
My question is: what happens to the original adapter? Does it remain on the computer in disabled mode? Is it uninstalled? Is it available if I find that the dongle doesn't work? Will I be able to uninstall/disable the dongle adapter and go back to where I was before I installed it.
Anybody have experience with these or know the answer.