5ghz not showing on my MacBookPro

[NorwegianTiger]

I have som problems when trying to watch HD video from my drive. It starts and stops, and is not smooth at all. I was thinking that 2.4ghz could be overcrowded and wanted to change to 5ghz. I can see the 5ghz SSID on my phone, but in my Mac i can’t
I can see other 5ghz networks around me, including on in my apartment, but not the one that I want to…

any suggestions ?

[Brandon.P]

Hi NorwegianTiger,

Maybe you should try contacting WD’s Technical Support about this.

To Contact WD for Technical Support

https://support.wdc.com/support/case.aspx?lang=en
The link below will allow you to call support.

International Phone Numbers | Western Digital

[Strontium90]

@NorwegianTiger

wanted to change to 5ghz

Where did you found a menu for 5 GHz in the admin settings? I don’t have it.

I only can setup this here:

@NorwegianTiger

It starts and stops

My WiFi also does not work as ist should after firmware upgrade to 1.07.02:

WiFi not working anymore after firmware upgrade to 1.07.02

Both LEDs are blue of the device, i can connect to WiFi with Android and WIndows 10, i can stream videos with Twonky, but after 30 sec, sometimes longer, about 2 or 3 minutes the WiFi is throwing me out and i can’t reconnect anymore. I need to reboot MyPassport and then i am able to reconnect but the WLAN connection is lost so i don’t have internet anymore if i connected to MyPassport. Battery settings are “Performance” and not “Battery life”. Also, sometimes the WiFi network of MyPassport is…