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bardiferously
Jun 25, 2024Aspirant
RAX29 WiFi 6 Router not connecting at WiFi 6 with my laptop
Nighthawk AX2400 WiFi 6 Router (RAX29) connects with my laptop at WiFi 5 (ac). How do I have it connect with WiFi 6 (ax)? My laptop's card is the Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201. Looking for the wisdom of ...
Kitsap
Jan 18, 2025Master
bardiferously wrote:Apologies for being distracted (Squirrel).
So I circled back to this issue and found that my Guest network connects with AX, but my Main network connects still with AC.
Main
SSID: FiOS-D3Q0Z
Protocol: Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
Security type: WPA3-Personal
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Description: Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX201 160MHz
Driver version: 22.130.0.5
Network band (channel): 5 GHz (44)
Aggregated link speed (Receive/Transmit): 780/780 (Mbps)
Link-local IPv6 address: fe80::d6d5:a8f2:7c03:87d7%14
IPv6 default gateway: fe80::6ecd:d6ff:fe4b:bc85%14
IPv6 DNS servers: fe80::96a6:7eff:fe2f:9378%14 (Unencrypted)
IPv4 address: 10.0.0.20
IPv4 DNS servers: 10.0.0.1 (Unencrypted)
Physical address (MAC): 2C-8D-B1-A3-20-E6
Guest
SSID: Rajah-5G-Guest
Protocol: Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
Security type: WPA3-Personal
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Description: Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX201 160MHz
Driver version: 22.130.0.5
Network band (channel): 5 GHz (44)
Aggregated link speed (Receive/Transmit): 1201/1021 (Mbps)
Link-local IPv6 address: fe80::d6d5:a8f2:7c03:87d7%14
IPv6 default gateway: fe80::6ecd:d6ff:fe4b:bc85%14
IPv4 address: 10.0.0.20
IPv4 DNS servers: 10.0.0.1 (Unencrypted)
Physical address (MAC): 2C-8D-B1-A3-20-E6
It appears you have two different sources of Wi-Fi transmitting for your LAN.
Repeat question, look on the nameplate of the device.
What is the brand name and model number of the modem/ONT connected to the internet upstream of your RAX29?
michaelkenward
Jan 18, 2025Guru - Experienced User
Kitsap wrote:
bardiferously wrote:
IPv4 address: 10.0.0.20
IPv4 DNS servers: 10.0.0.1 (Unencrypted)
Physical address (MAC): 2C-8D-B1-A3-20-E6It appears you have two different sources of Wi-Fi transmitting for your LAN.
Repeat question, look on the nameplate of the device.
What is the brand name and model number of the modem/ONT connected to the internet upstream of your RAX29?
Those IP addresses are certainly suspicious, which makes the model of the modem/ONT a crucial detail.
Just another user with time on their hands.