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Nighthawk RAX80 not visible to Windows 10 laptop
I bought a Nighthawk AX6000 (RAX80) WiFi router. All my devices (TiVo, Roku, iPad, iPhone, Android phone, Surface Tablet) connected without issue. None of my ASUS Windows 10 Laptops with the Intel ...
I too had this issue with my new RAX80 on one HP laptop with an intel chipset. My solution was to go to Intels site and download the recomended driver update. After update and reboot the laptop saw the RAX80's wifi ssid. I have over 30 devices connecting and that was the only one i had issue with.
That is a fair question, and one I glossed over. These two-year-old ASUS laptops have been happily connecting to my older Netgear WiFi router ... I replaced it because it started dropping connections. I was greatly surprised and puzzled at the difficulty with the new router.
Wiedeman wrote:
These two-year-old ASUS laptops have been happily connecting to my older Netgear WiFi router ...
If you can bring yourself to do it, and the thing is still lying around, you could see if the new Windows drivers prevent the same dropouts on the old router.
If so, that would point the finger firmly in Intel's direction.
That is an interesting suggestion but I'm probably not going to do the experiment. First, I am extremely wary of breaking something I have finally got working! Second, Intel itself described this update as having been designed to deal with new wireless technologies, so yes, the finger is squarely pointed at Intel, but they did the right thing. Technology changes. They kept up. I wasn't aware.
Wiedeman wrote:
First, I am extremely wary of breaking something I have finally got working!
Spoilsport. But I'd probably do the same thing.
Then again, I don't think I'd buy anything as ugly as the RAX80. And I thought that Netgear had hit new design lows with its gaming routers.