@Tony I tried on the 2.4 and it worked. Many thanks the following is what is in both acers .... I have not found an updated driver from what I have. If you have clues, I'd love to hear them THe Tech...

@Tony I will give that a whirl a dozen years ago I could configure racks of cisco and intel routers, switches etc even if i had to bail on an event... not so now. the laptop which does what I need...

I have 2 acer laptops which can not see either the 2.4 or 5.0 networks and thus only function via a cat5 cable. I also have an epic sewing machine in the house which is unable to connect. PC is out...