SOLVED: verizon jetpack 4ge can't see it on mint but can on raspberry

[sandbagger]

Hi all
I have a verizon jetpack 4ge and the raspberry pi can see it with it's internal wifi and raspian os but my LM 20.3 laptop with USB antenna can't see the SSID. I have left it scanning for 1 hour just in case the wireless list is slow to build out.

I can also see it and connect to it via an IPAD.
Am I missing something?
I plugged a usb antenna into my LM 20.3 desktop and can see all the surrounding AP's but not the 4glte jetpack.

It's only devices running linux mint. I don't know much about linux wifi so is there some kind of setting I should be looking at???

the USB antenna is a AWUS036nha


thanks

[JeremyB]

See the wireless script link in my signature and post results

[sandbagger]

Hi there

here is the URL as requested.
just in case it's relevant the jetpack is set at 5ghz should I change it to 2.4ghz?



https://termbin.com/h49q

I also reloaded lm20.3 from scratch THEN ran your commands. I did this using the LAN connection just in case it's relevant.

got to say the signature script approach is pretty neat!!! well done

[JeremyB]

Change the jetpack to 2.4GHz and put it on a channel from 1-11

[sandbagger]

Hi there
thanks for the GREAT script approach. I put it on 2.4ghz and it showed up. I don't see how to change it's channel.

Why is this please? I thought my antennas could handle 5ghz.

[JeremyB]

You can see what channels the adapter supports with

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iwlist chan

[sandbagger]

are you saying to change the USB antenna channels or the Jetpack. I can't change the jetpack.

ALSO
could you tell me why my antennas can see other 5ghz devices but not the jetpack? I don't know anything about this area and want to learn. ALSO my knowledge of Linux is at the fresher level.

thanks for your GREAT scripts really helped building out my knowledge.

[JeremyB]

It isn't my script but I have made small contributions to the development of it. The command I gave should list the current supported channels of the wifi cards in the computer. I figure the Jetpack is similar to the Netgear Nighthawk 4G LTE device I use with AT&T, portable hotspot. You might want to check results from terminal for

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iw reg get

And see if the country code is correct as that will change what channels are used on the computer

[sandbagger]

will do and thanks again for all you help.