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Wifi 6 Ax201 160Mhz network card but in settings it shows Wifi 2 and running 600/600 transmit speed not the 1201mbps

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I recently installed a Wifi 6 Ax201 160Mhz network card but in settings it shows Wifi 2 and running 600/600 transmit speed not the 1201mbps .. sometimes the transmit speed falls as low as 200mbps or 55 Mbps

I am using the 80mhz channel as my router does not support 160mhz ..

can anyone advise what the problem is?

Thanks
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What is the make and model of your router?

If the router doesn't support those speeds and spectrum, the new card which looks to be backwards compatible, will only perform at the lower speeds and spectrum.
 
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its the archer AX1500 wifi 6 router.. doesnt have the 160mhz channel though ,, max transmit speed is 1201 mhz\

why does it say wi-fi 2 in settings?
 
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If signal isn't strong enough, you will drop speed for stability.
What is your signal strength ?
Are there any other 5G networks around ?
Additional info can be find with command : "netsh wlan show all" (when using command line window).
Example (I redacted some information for security reasons, as they are not needed here) :

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^I'm using 160MHz width channels with AC Wave2 class router.

PS. What drivers are you using for you card ?
 
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agent_x007 said:
If signal isn't strong enough, you will drop speed for stability.
What is your signal strength ?
Are there any other 5G networks around ?
Additional info can be find with command : "netsh wlan show all" (when using command line window).
Example :

View attachment 257170

PS. What drivers are you using for you card ?
Click to expand...

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intel drivers? sorry not sure if thats correct.. i see your attachment says wifi 2 as well?

i selected high signal strength and enabled throughput power in device manager
 
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You can check driver version and date under "Interface Name : Wi-Fi 2", or just above those stats you provided.
Don't worry about "Wi-Fi 2" - it's just Windows being stupid at naming stuff.
 
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its the latest version of the AX201 adapter
will getting an new Wifi 6 router that supports a 160mhz channel work?
 
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Do you have any other AX-class Wi-Fi devices ?
It would be nice to know if router can provide 1200Mbps speed to other devices that are capable of this speed (smartphone/tablet/other laptop/etc).

Edit : Probably (assuming any other 5GHz networks in your location will play nice)
 
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unfortunately not the phone uses 2.4ghz.. no other devices
 
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It's still weird that you can't reach max. speed your router is supposed to support.
Did you check if there are any limits set in advanced settings of device properties of your Wi-Fi card (like driver is set to use Wi-Fi 4 max. speed) ?
Any firmware updates for your router ?
 
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i did everything in device properties.. 5ghz prefeerred band, enabled throughput booster, selected high transmit power .. ad nselected a 80mhz channel on my router
 
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