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Asus RT-AX88U doesn't create Wi-Fi 6 network

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him7403

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I have an Asus RT-AX88U router. I turned off smart connect and created dedicated 5 GHz network with 802.11ax/Wi-Fi 6 enabled but none of my WiFi 6 supported devices connect to it as WiFi 6. They connect as WiFi 5 on my home network. So I'm not getting the full performance on WiFi. I have updated the firmware yet it's still the same.

My devices can connect to public Wi-Fi 6 network, so it's definitely the router problem.
 
Where do you see this information and have you changed anything in Wireless, Professional settings?
I see this on my phone the network type is wifi5. In public/other network i can connect as wifi 6.

No I haven't changed any other settings.
 
Based on this information only - reset back to factory default and start over. 🤷‍♂️
 
I turned off smart connect and created dedicated 5 GHz network with 802.11ax/Wi-Fi 6 enabled but none of my WiFi 6 supported devices connect to it as WiFi 6.
Are your devices connecting with the "old" SSID or the new one you created for your 5Ghz radio?
 
Also check the Wireless log via the GUI for Channel and Bandwith

From my AX88u
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AX 160Mhz and 80Mhz WiFi6
AC WiFi 5

Also have AX WiFi 6 enabled on 2.4Ghz
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I figured my signature gave it away ;)
That yellow is hard to read on my screen, but I did see you were running Merlin. I didn't know if that rendering was exclusive to Merlin or if I was just missing it in the stock UI.
 

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