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Wiedeman
Tutor
Dec 02, 2018
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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 ...
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  • dcboy3063's avatar
    dcboy3063
    Dec 25, 2018

    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. 

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michaelkenward
Guru - Experienced User
Aug 18, 2019
Wiedeman wrote:

 

I believe the driver updates Intel released in November 2018 are essential for PCs with this WiFi device to connect to this (and perhaps all late-issue) Netgear WiFi router.

This is an important note for people. It deserves to be flagged up as a Solution. Unfortunately, you can't do that with a message that kicked off a conversation. So someone else has to get the credit.

 

At least it will now show up in results when people bother to search this place for the problem.