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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 ...
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.
Kitsap,
I don't see the same details for my AX wifi card.
The properties shown in the screen shots I posted were for an Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 card.
The properties shown in your post are for a Realtek RTL8852BE Wi-Fi 6 802.11 AX card.
Different radio cards, different drivers, and most likely different brands of computer. Possibly different operating systems.
No reason for the details to be the same.
Is there a problem you are trying to solve?
Yes. I am trying to solve WHY my laptop connects to one router with two WiFi networks with two different protocols. The primary network explicitly states that AX is enabled, but only connects with AC. The guest networks (both 2.4 & 5 GHz) connect with AX. This does not make any sense to me.
Please read my prior posts and the attached screen shots, I believe I've stated the issue fairly clearly; I have certainly tried hard to be straightforward.
bardiferously wrote:Yes. I am trying to solve WHY my laptop connects to one router with two WiFi networks with two different protocols. The primary network explicitly states that AX is enabled, but only connects with AC. The guest networks (both 2.4 & 5 GHz) connect with AX. This does not make any sense to me.
Please read my prior posts and the attached screen shots, I believe I've stated the issue fairly clearly; I have certainly tried hard to be straightforward.
Your attempts to be straightforward are missing the mark by a significant amount. Suggest you go back and read your posts scattered over 9 months time!
Recently you post a properties snip from a Realtek Wi-Fi radio card that has not been previously mentioned.
A Wi-Fi connection from a computer is a negotiation process from the computer to the router depending on the router settings, the radio frequency environment at the time of the connection, distance away from the router, and other factors.
Different brands of radio cards and the drivers they use have different results. Neither the WPA3 or the AX standard are fully mature. Hardware manufacturers, and the drivers they use, do not establish exactly the same connection. The old adage, your mileage may vary applies here. And it may vary from day to day and computer to computer.
Kitsap,
I understand that YMMV. However, I don't understand why the same hardware (laptop, wifi card, router, modem behind that router) gets different results from the two (three, actually, as the guest network doesn't use a Smart Connection to negotiate whether 2.4 or 5 GHz) "networks." Especially when the Primary one doesn't connect under AX, but the Guest network does.
Please explain how that can be, besides a vague YMMV. I'll be happy to submit whatever details or settings might cause this.