07-26-2021 04:52 AM - last edited 3 weeks ago by ROGBot
07-26-2021 05:05 AM
07-26-2021 06:01 AM
Saltgrass wrote:so me being able to connect to the 6ghz with my note 20 and quest 2 even though they're not wifi 6e isn't a mistake? Are those devices using 5ghz on the 6ghz band? Sorry I'm not very technical with networking. And yes I'm running thr latest firmware and I have ethernet backhaul enabled. Thx!
If you have the latest firmware update for the AXE11000, you should be able to run the 6 GHz radio with the WPA-3 security.
There is a setting to use Ethernet Backhaul only.
07-26-2021 06:42 AM
07-26-2021 09:21 AM
Saltgrass wrote:My available wifi bands in my phone and quest 2 to connect to shows (power is the name od my wifi, power(2.4), power 5g, and power 6(which I'm assuming is 6ghz). I can connect to all those wifi bands from my note 20 ultra, and I connected to power 6 on my quest 2. Something is odd.
If your phones do not have 6e then they cannot connect to a 6 GHz radio. It gets confusing but one thing you might notice is the AXE11000 does not treat the 6 GHz radio the way the others are treated. Certain info sections incorrectly define it or only show 2.4 and 5 as the AX11000 does. The attachment shows one place but there are others.
07-27-2021 08:08 AM
07-27-2021 01:38 PM
unitedflow wrote:
I have a question and was hoping I can get some help. So I'm using the axe11000 and ax11000 in aimesh. Axe11000 is the main and ax11000 is the node with ethernet backhaul. I understand that I lose the 5ghz-2 band for backhaul but in my wireless devices I see a 6ghz band that I'm able to connect to with my Samsung note 20 ultra and my quest 2. When I connect with my note 20 ultra on Verizon it says the band is unprotected(in Verizon protection app). And the second concern is I thought the note 20 and quest 2 even though they're wifi 6 and not 6e I'm still able to connect to the 6ghz(6e) band. Any thoughts on these two concerns would be appreciated.
07-27-2021 06:28 PM
TechGuy42 wrote:
This sounds EXACTLY like my issue here and here...
To troubleshoot; set all three bands to different SSIDs; for example 2.4GHz name it "FBI VAN" ... then 5GHz name it "CIA VAN" ... then 6GHz name it "DEA VAN" or whatever you want to name them, just make sure they all have different names so you know which one is 2.4, which is 5, and which is 6
Once you do this, I suspect that your non 6e devices will no longer see the 6GHz but will see the name as an open network broadcasting from 5GHz
Please let me know because I'm working with ASUS to troubleshoot the same issue
07-29-2021 01:39 PM
unitedflow wrote:
I'll try tomorrow. And what are you using to see the 5ghz open network? On the wifi analyzer app it shows the 6ghz as open which is weird(I need a password to connect to it), but on the wifiman app it shows that band as locked(closed padlock).
07-30-2021 09:25 AM
TechGuy42 wrote:
I can see the open network on any device i want; old cell phones, laptops, tablets, and new cell phones too, including wifi analyzer app
The thing is, I dont have any wifi 6e devices so I've turned off the wifi 6 radio entirely. As far as I understand, wifi 6 is actually broadcasted from the 5GHz radio. This is why i suggested making 3 separate SSIDs (one for each radio) so you can actually see wether or not you're picking up wifi 6 from the mesh node.
Whats happening is the AXE is misconfiguring the mesh nodes and somehow trying to use the 6GHz settings for the 5GHz radio on the node... problem is, the node has no 6GHz radio so it gets confused and broadcasts an open network that should be secured.
I've mentioned that this is quite the security flaw because I cant imagine how many others like us are using mesh but unlike us have not noticed the open network. That open network gives full access to the rest of the network, for example; if someone parked outside or one of your neighbors wanted to look at your computers or any files open to the network, they can see and even control devices as if they were given the WPA2 passwords
Unfortunately I've been going back and forth with ASUS support for weeks. Each time, someone new responds telling me they are escalating the issue or send some copy and pasted response that addresses nothing of my issues which makes it obvious they havent even read the feedback I sent.