[ltp] Intel 5100/5300 failures at 802.11n 5GHz?

[Jeffrey L. Taylor]

Quoting Jesse Sheidlower <jester@panix.com>:
> 
> I have two ThinkPads with Intel WiFi cards, a W500 with the 5100 AGN and
> an X301 with the 5300 AGN. I've consistently had problems connecting to
> 802.11n on the 5GHz band. I would either not see the SSID for this band,
> or I would see it but be unable to connect to it.
> 
[snip]

Is the following relevant?  Windows installed Japanese drivers. poster deleted
them and carefully re-installed from the US drivers directory.  Started
behaving.

HTH,
  Jeffrey

http://blog.badera.us/2010/11/solved-5ghz-80211n-networks-not-showing.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FlipBitsNotBurgers+%28Flip+Bits+Not+Burgers%29