A store slide says the new WLAN is Wi-Fi 6E, so an engineer enables it on access points that have only 2.4 and 5 GHz radios. The 6 GHz SSID never appears. What did the slide assume these radios have?
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Short Explanation
Wi-Fi 6E is the 6 GHz band, and these access points do not have that radio. Your slide assumed hardware the store did not buy. Renaming 5 GHz does not create it.
Full Explanation
Wi-Fi 6E is the generation name for operation in 6 GHz. Access points with only 2.4 and 5 GHz radios cannot advertise a 6 GHz SSID, which is why it never appears. 6 GHz is not another name for 5 GHz. A wider 2.4 GHz channel does not become 6 GHz. DFS is a 5 GHz radar behavior. It does not convert a 5 GHz radio into a 6 GHz radio. 6 GHz is its own band. It is not a new name for 5 GHz, and a 5 GHz-only radio does not start speaking 6 GHz because a slide says Wi-Fi 6E. Check one live client after the change and leave the rest of the floor alone until that client matches the result you expected. Confirm the symptom on the next attempt before changing anything else. Confirm the symptom on the next attempt before changing anything else. Exam caveat: a country that has not opened 6 GHz will keep a real 6 GHz radio quiet too. These access points fail earlier, because the radio is not there at all. Operational check: check the radio inventory before you enable a 6 GHz WLAN, and put that WLAN only on access points that have the band.