@Washington i asked because recently i was at an establishment for coffee with my girls and i just tried to do some browsing but i was unable to connect with my laptop. My colleague however was able to connect because her laptop had a dual-band card. So now you can imagine my colleague is working well and i unable to..am just imagining the way many devices have only 2.4 cards..how many other people could have been affected? Just saying Regards Cynthia