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Wiley1
Jan 15, 2026Aspirant
WAX220 Issue (moved from the Orbi section)
I'm having the same issue with my WAX220. My laptop can see many SSIDs in my neighborhood but not mine. Firmware is up to date. I've tried changing the 2.4 channel, the power level, the bandwidth...
plemans
Jan 16, 2026Guru - Experienced User
The RTL8188CE is known to have issues with AX networks. And Realtek was horrible at updating firmware to fix the issue (ie. they didn't) I'd upgrade to a better card or pickup a USB adapter that is compatible with AX networks
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