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    Winegard Air 360+ WiFi Doesn't "See" Verizon MiFi Access Point

    At a recent campground in Montana the campground had a Verizon MiFi Access Point. My laptop could see and it so could my Samsung S10+ phone. The Winegard Air 360+ did not. Anyone have a clue why?

    FYI I did make sure the Winegard's firmware and software were up-to-date. Even after updating the MiFi was not "seen" when scanning for WiFi.
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    Being completely honest, I don't know the Winegard system that well, but on their specifications it only lists 2.4Ghz supported WiFi, and doesn't list 5Ghz. Perhaps the network you were trying to connect to was a 5Ghz system only, and the Winegard doesn't support it? Again, complete guess as I don't have direct experience with that system, but it would make sense if true.
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      Originally posted by StephenO View Post
      Being completely honest, I don't know the Winegard system that well, but on their specifications it only lists 2.4Ghz supported WiFi, and doesn't list 5Ghz. Perhaps the network you were trying to connect to was a 5Ghz system only, and the Winegard doesn't support it? Again, complete guess as I don't have direct experience with that system, but it would make sense if true.
      I considered that possibility. Unfortunately there wasn't time to research the type of signal associated withe the MiFi signal.
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      Howard & Francine
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        Originally posted by StephenO View Post
        Being completely honest, I don't know the Winegard system that well, but on their specifications it only lists 2.4Ghz supported WiFi, and doesn't list 5Ghz. Perhaps the network you were trying to connect to was a 5Ghz system only, and the Winegard doesn't support it? Again, complete guess as I don't have direct experience with that system, but it would make sense if true.
        howson I can confirm Stephen's suspicion about the limitations of the Winegard. It definitely only works on 2.4 GHz bandwidth and doesn't see any 5Ghz networks.
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