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oreamunoe's avatar
oreamunoe
Initiate
Oct 08, 2020
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R9000 wifi6 not working

Hi Guys

 

I bought one router R9000 at ebay in order to upgrade my home network to use wifi 6 and 10 gb.

 

The issue is from the router i dont see the wifi signal of 60 gh. I bought an intel ax200 card and installet it on my personal laptop and nothing.

 

I tried different things like upgrade the firmware to V1.0.5.24 and made a hardware reset too. but the issue still.

 

I'm not able to access the 60gh band at any point. 

 

Is there anything else i can do?

 

Regards.

  • oreamunoe's avatar
    oreamunoe
    Oct 08, 2020

    Hi Guru

     

    Thanks for your response on this. Yes it as a great router one of the best i've used.

     

    That provided the solution to my issue.

     

    I made a missunderstood of the standards AD to AX you're right.

     

    Thanks a lot for your kindly response and support.

     

     

2 Replies

  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User
    Oct 08, 2020

    1. The R9000 isn't a wifi 6 (ax) router. 

    2. The R9000 has a AD radio. wireless AD isn't wifi 6 either. It was kind of a dropped standard with very few routers supporting it and even less devices. It went away because wifi 6 had much better range while having comparable throughputs (speeds). 

     

    Basically you made a mistake and misunderstood wifi standards.  It happens. It doesn't mean the R9000 isn't a good router. it is. But the AD radio in it is pointless for most people. 

    • oreamunoe's avatar
      oreamunoe
      Initiate
      Oct 08, 2020

      Hi Guru

       

      Thanks for your response on this. Yes it as a great router one of the best i've used.

       

      That provided the solution to my issue.

       

      I made a missunderstood of the standards AD to AX you're right.

       

      Thanks a lot for your kindly response and support.