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Am I Connected to WiFi 6?
I have a dumb question, how do you tell if you’re connected to WiFi 6 with an iPhone 12 or any device? I recently installed and set up a RBK753. Both AX bands are enabled and I set the CTS values to ...
Ya theres not a great way to tell the actual mode a device is connected at unless that device supports the reporting and displaying of the actual connection rate. Someting that iphones and pads don't do. Laptops can depending upon the OS features.
You can load up wifi sweet spots app and see the live connection rate at the phone using this app. Though understand that iphones and most mobile phones only support 2x2 antenna configuration so the connection rate seen on 5Ghz that the Orbi AX support of 2400Mpbs may not be seen on most phones. It's the limitation of this 2x2 antenna support that causes this. If you have a device that supports 4x4 antenna configuration, then you should need near 2400Mpbs connection rates on those devices. My ASUS GT-AX11000 which supports 4x4 antenna configuration in wireless brige mode sees 1800-2400Mpbs depending on distance.
FURRYe38 wrote:Though understand that iphones and most mobile phones only support 2x2 antenna configuration so the connection rate seen on 5Ghz that the Orbi AX support of 2400Mpbs may not be seen on most phones. It's the limitation of this 2x2 antenna support that causes this.
The same 2x2 antenna config does also apply to the most common WiFi 6 capable clients. Intel AX200/AX201 - a popular module on many notebooks - is 2x2 only, but claims speeds up to 2402 Mb/s link rate - this does require 160 MHz bandwidth. Even Apple does only list max Wi-Fi PHY link rate 1201 Mb/s for their current WiFi 6 capable products as per the the Mac Deplyoment Reference appendices for MacBook Pro and MacBook Air.
For the records again: WiFi 6 and 6E are made for concurrent throughput - not for the brute force single device max speed.
