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Can't see 6E wifi (RAXE500)
Hello, I recently purchase this router and it is working great. However, I just built a Gigabyte Aorus Master X570s that support Wifi 6E. However, I can't even see the 6E SSID for this network....
It was a fresh W10 install with the new MB. However, I went ahead and did an in-place upgrade to Windows 11 and it found it with no problems. So either I will stick with W11 or revert back to W10 for now and upgrade later.
At least I know it does work as I have no other devices with 6E...four iPhones 13 and a new MS Surface Studio laptop and not one 6E device. lol
Thanks all for your feedback and help.
Are both the motherboard and RAXE500 purchased from the US? While both devices have thehardware capabilities for the 6GHz band,
most other regions are restricting the 6GHz band for no reason.
Beyond that, the Intel AX210 should have full support for the 6GHz band.
PS, also keep in mind that the range on the 6GHz band is quite short due to horribly low transmit power limits imposed by the FCC, thus even though the frequencies used is not much higher than the 5.8GHz used in in the 5GHz band, the significantly lower transmit power will reduce range significantly compared to the 5GHz band. Thhough the benefit is if you are close, you will have a band that has a far lower noise floor.
Wanted to also add, that in your case, the SSID should be visible considering the range you are using it at, unless there is some other software issue taking place, e.g., if you still have a bhnch of left over registry tweaks or ochanges from a windows insider build still in effect that may not pay nice with the latest Intel drivers.