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NiLuJe · 03-13-2020, 09:35 PM

That's a 5.5GHz band. That's not supported on the Kobo. Don't ask me the name of the WiFi revision it was introduced in, the WiFi alliance keeps changing those anyway ;D.

(I assume there's a 2.4GHz AP on the same SSID, though, which is what the Kobo will attempt to use. Emphasis on "attempt" ^^).

(IIRC, ESS is because it's 80MHz wide instead of 20MHz (i.e., it's spread across four channels or something). That's a more-or-less standard setup on 5.5GHz. 40MHz on 2.4GHz might upset some devices, on the other hand.).

03-13-2020, 09:35 PM	#2
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	That's a 5.5GHz band. That's not supported on the Kobo. Don't ask me the name of the WiFi revision it was introduced in, the WiFi alliance keeps changing those anyway ;D. (I assume there's a 2.4GHz AP on the same SSID, though, which is what the Kobo will attempt to use. Emphasis on "attempt" ^^). (IIRC, ESS is because it's 80MHz wide instead of 20MHz (i.e., it's spread across four channels or something). That's a more-or-less standard setup on 5.5GHz. 40MHz on 2.4GHz might upset some devices, on the other hand.). Last edited by NiLuJe; 03-13-2020 at 09:39 PM.