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One Windows 10 Computer Can't See/Connect to Orbi Network
Set up Orbi wireless-6 mesh system (1 router, 2 satellites, puchased from Costco) over the weekend. Everything went smoothly -- or so I thought. I have one Dell Windows 10 laptop which cannot see...
to keep it simple:
Extender: a device that picks up a wifi broadcast and rebroadcasts it.
Access point: hardwired in via ethernet, powerline, moca adapters and broadcasts its own signal.
Bridge: it picks up a wireless broadcast but doesn't re-broadcast. It just lets you use the ethernet ports on the device.
If you've got a cable already ran, you want something to act as an access point. But most of netgears extenders (not all) have access point mode. As well as most routers have access point mode.
Update that specific computer Wi-Fi adapter driver. System integrators are lazy making current drivers available or listed on their download pages. Many Intel chip based Wi-Fi adapters with non-current drivers are known to not "see" Wi-Fi 6 access point radios. Temporary workaround can be disabling AX ... but that's really just a quick fix.
Worked. Thank you!