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Justathought's avatar
Justathought
Follower
Jun 18, 2024

Nighthawk CAX80 No Wifi 6 Network

Hello,   I've been trying to find a 6 GHz network on my newly setup (from factory reset) Nighthawk CAX80 modem-router. I have no major issues with the 2.4 and 5 GHz networks. I've looked across sev...
microchip8's avatar
microchip8
Master
Jun 18, 2024
The CAX80 modem/router only supports up to WiFi6 standard. It does not have a 6 GHz band which is WiFi 6E
  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jun 18, 2024

    microchip8 is exactly correct. The CAX80 doesn't have 6ghz. There was a CAXE500 that was seen in the cablelabs testing document but nothing official.