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New Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+

The device connects to 2.4GHz wifi but will not connect to 5.8GHz wifi.

The iwconfig output for interface wlan0 includes the 5.8 channels.

I have the latest (from the Raspberry Pi website) Raspian Lite installed.

Is there some drivers or something that must be installed?

(The same exact micro-SD in a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ does connect to my 5.8 wifi).

Thanks,

Paul

I think I figured out why the Pi A+ wasn;t connecting. The signal strength was not strong enough at the location where it was positioned. I moved it to a mpre open spot a little closer the wifi source and now it connects repeatably.

Below see that in the iwlist scan when it wouldn't connect the signal strength shows at -69dBm. When it connected the signal strength was strong enough at -61dBm.

When out of range:

Cell 13 - Address: 60:38:E0:DB:B2:DB
Channel:149
Frequency:5.745 GHz (Channel 149)
Quality=41/70 Signal level=-69 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"test5g8"
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s


When in range:

wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"test5g8"
Mode:Managed Frequency:5.745 GHz Access Point: 60:38:E0:DB:B2:DB
Bit Rate=195 Mb/s Tx-Power=31 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on
Link Quality=49/70 Signal level=-61 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0


Thanks,

Paul