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Zzup
Jul 13, 2023Aspirant
WAX630E connecting 2.4 instead of 5 ghz
I just Bought 2 WAX630E to replace my Unifi AC wireless. I am having issues setting them up right off the bat. The main issue i see is there is no option to set a prefered band like on other system...
Zzup
Jul 13, 2023Aspirant
I found that if you disable the 6 ghz portion of the AP then the clients correctly associate with the 5 ghz instead of the 2.4 ghz. This seems to be a bug.
Basically all i had to do to fix it was turn off the 6ghz on the SSID that i was using and the AX200 wireless cards all started connecting at full speed on the 5 ghz instead of 2.4. Not sure why the 6 ghz would mater for a AX200 as they are not 6 ghz compatible but that is the solution.
schumaku
Jul 14, 2023Guru - Experienced User
Zzup wrote:
I found that if you disable the 6 ghz portion of the AP then the clients correctly associate with the 5 ghz instead of the 2.4 ghz. This seems to be a bug.
With 6 GHz enabled WPA3 is mandatory, so previously configured clients for the same SSID and PSK might not work for other bands (without dropping the config and re-adding). Lack of insight, impossible to answer.
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