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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 ...
Still makes no sense 🤔 to me: Why would my laptop connect to the same router (my home WiFi) using the AX/WiFi 6 protocol on the Guest network but use the AC/WiFi 5 protocol on the Primary network? All other settings the same. 😐😐
Perhaps over the next week I'll do a factory reset on the router and set it all up again and see if the "Windows Solution" (as I call it) will change things for the better. Will post results then.📆
I do appreciate the eyes 👀 on this issue. Thanks.
bardiferously wrote:Still makes no sense 🤔 to me: Why would my laptop connect to the same router (my home WiFi) using the AX/WiFi 6 protocol on the Guest network but use the AC/WiFi 5 protocol on the Primary network? All other settings the same. 😐😐
Perhaps over the next week I'll do a factory reset on the router and set it all up again and see if the "Windows Solution" (as I call it) will change things for the better. Will post results then.📆
I do appreciate the eyes 👀 on this issue. Thanks.
Suggest you follow plemans suggestion and look at the properties box on your laptop Wi-Fi radio. There are many settings that control how your computer connects to the Wi-Fi signal provided by the router. See attached.