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WiFi 6E Problems - RAXE500
I've recently configured my Netgear RAXE500 router and experiencing issues with very slow speeds and low signal with Wi-Fi 6E and I'm unable to authenticate with WPA3-Personal using the Intel AX210 m...
WPA3 on 6Ghz has extra requirements... It requires Hash to Element (H2E).
Everything you listed only refers to the standard WPA3, thats already available on most AX devices and does not require H2E on 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz. H2E is not available in Windows 10 1903... You need 21H1.
Razor512 Your point is valid and I can confirm the longer the coax cable, the worse the signal gets (as is the case with the 2.4 and 5ghz bands too). Directly connected (no coax), the stock antennas from the AX210, 12" antennas, and two of the antennas from a ASUS GT-AX11000 directly connected without any coax cable all show poor snr 20' away from the router with no walls, other devices, to interfere. Out of those antenna types, the 12" antennas had the best SNR, as expected. I can mirror this signal issue with my Samsung Galaxy S21 as well. It is constantly between 2-3 'bars' while the 2.4/5GHz are at 5. That is 10-20' away from the router, if I go into another room through a wall it gets even worse. If you look at the mbps (transfer rate) under the connection properties, it will say something like 670/29 (d/u) which is FAR lower speed than the 5GHz band at 2129/1441, and even worse than 2.4Ghz when it comes to upstream. Sometimes 6GHz feels saucy and goes to 1953/160. Changing channels and the other settings seem to have no effect. Why would Wi-Fi 6E be slower AND have more interference? Definitely not how it's advertised. Even if I could get WPA3 to work with other devices, it's still effectively useless if it's going to be that much slower than 5GHz.
avtella I'm running Windows 21H1 10.0.19043 (KB5001330) and can confirm Wi-Fi 6E WPA3 does not work with that build or the latest Windows Developers Preview release (I forget the build #) using Intel driver 22.40.0.7. Both Intel and Netgear support told me I need to wait for Windows 21H1 (which I have), but neither have provided and proof that that will actually resolve the issue. AX210 Wi-Fi 6E WPA3 authentication also fails on Ubuntu 20.10 / Kernel 5.11 as well, which does clearly support Hash-to-Element, and I have confirmed it shows to be enabled.
When asking Intel which OS / Build they tested the AX210 WPA3 Wi-Fi 6E on when receiving the Wi-Fi Alliance Certification they "are unable to provide that information.".
I have yet to see any working examples of WPA3 on Wi-Fi 6E on any device other than the Samsung Galaxy S21 running Android.
Since Intel was unwilling (or couldn't) provide any information as to how this was tested, it would be very helpful if Netgear can provide any sort of information as to how they successfully tested Wi-Fi 6E WPA3 internally , so we can attempt to replicate it.
- You need 21H1 and a new Intel Driver… 22.40.07 does not support H2E… You need 22.50.
Linux kernel supporting H2E doesn’t mean much if the Intel firmware that’s included with it doesn’t. You likely need to manually update the firmware or wait for next iteration.- Intel has had working H2E capable drivers for a few months. They don’t just give it out to people, it was NDA protected. They won’t help you because H2E capable driver was not officially out. They will release drivers officially when they see fit.
- 22.50 is now in beta and available for 21H1. May also be available to extract from the Killer Networking Beta package.