E3000 - can't see wireless-N 5GHz on desktop computer

Hello:
I recently purchased an E3000 to replace my old WRT54G, and I've discovered that my desktop computer can't find the wireless-N 5GHz band network (I can connect to the wireless G 2.4ghz just fine, though the signal is extremely weak). I've currently got my E3000 setup as follows:
5GHz Wireless Settings
• Network Mode: Wireless-N only
• Network Name (SSID): temporaryN
• Channel Width: 40MHz only
• Channel: Auto (DFS)
• SSID Broadcast: Enabled
• Security: WPA2 Personal
2.4GHz Wireless Settings
• Network Mode: Wireless-B/G only
• Network Name (SSID): temporaryG
• Channel Width:
• Channel: 11
• SSID Broadcast: Disabled
• Security: WPA Personal
Am I missing something? Even when I manually create a connection profile for the wireless-N 5GHz with the appropriate SSID and security key (WPA2 Personal), nothing changes and I still don't see anything.
I've tried shutting down my cable modem, disconnecting it from my E3000 (shutting *it* down as well), and restarting my computer...all with no success.
Any help anyone can provide would be excellent.
Thanks,
Andrew

Well, then it's probably a dual band card. I would suggest you try to configure the wireless in mixed mode and 20 MHz bandwidth or even 802.11a only mode to find out whether it does pick up any signal on the 5 GHz or not. With 802.11a only and 20 MHz it should find the router. If not, you should find out whether you can find any 802.11a networks with that card. Maybe the 5 GHz antenna is loose or the 5 GHz radio is broken or something like that. This way you can find out whether the problem is with the computer or the router or in the combination of both...

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