I just got the Slate 7 Pro and the only 6ghz encryption available is WPA3-SAE.
My MacBook Pro M3 and my Samsung Galaxy S23U are unable to connect to the 6ghz.
Very disappointed, the whole reason I upgraded to this router was to have 5ghz and 6ghz at the same time. I have literally been downgraded, I have no 6 ghz, and have to use my old router now.
Glinet please respond as this is not good.
Your M3 MacBook Pro is compatible with WPA3 and 6GHz, I presume your phone as well. You might need to re-authenticate to the WiFi if you’re trying to reuse the same SSID and password from your old router (that was previously wpa2).. maybe the devices don’t like that the encryption is changing from wpa2 to wpa3?
Yes both my devices are WPA3 and 6ghz and work as such with my other routers.
Reauthentication does not make a difference. I cleared all passwords and tried again to no avail.
When I disable all other bands and try to connect to the 6ghz on my MacBook it says unable to connect and then the 6ghz disappears. I have also tried 150Mhz and 320Mhz on the 6ghz band, no difference.
What is your router's country code? Can you check it by executing a command in SSH?
cat /proc/gl-hw-info/country_code
If possible, could you export the router logs containing the process of the client device being unable to connect to 6G WiFi and send them to us for review?
It came back with US country code. I am in Australia tho
OK.
Can your device currently scan the router's 6GHz WiFi?
Could you export the router logs showing WiFi connection failures and send them to us for review?
Thank you.
Can you try manually setting a channel and/or trying 80mhz bandwidth first?
OK, Manually selecting a channel in 6ghz has made the 6ghz network appear and I can connect to it successfully. Is this a common bug for the auto select channel to not work?
I do not have that specific model so can’t answer that, but based on your logs it was looking like scanning was failing so manually setting a channel fixed that.
Let's assume your MacBook Pro M3 and Samsung Galaxy S23U are both Australian versions, but your router uses the US country code.
Therefore, when the 6GHz WiFi channel is set to Auto, it automatically switches to a channel that AU versions of your devices don't support, preventing you from scanning.
Once you set the channel to one supported by AU, client devices can scan for 6G WiFi.
If that's the case, then it's not a bug; it's just that different regions support different channels for 6G WiFi.
IIf the auto channel does not work then it is definitely a bug with openwrt. I have owned 20+ routers and they do not behave like this, not one. The auto should filter the available Channels available for the region and auto select accordingly.
OK.
I see.
We will make further improvements and adjustments to the automatic channel selection logic.
Sorry.
I have exactly the same problem described by Scotty.
(device: Macbook M4 max)
Mac did not see 6 GHz network until I manually selected channel in settings.
After that 6 Ghz network became visible and now I can use it (thanks to this dicussion)
Waiting for adjustments to the automatic channel selection logic.
Mine in UK works fine on Wi-fi 7 all 3 bands used at once.
Hope this is fixed in the next firmware update.
This issue is ongoing for me.
My Mudi 7 works fine in auto but the Slate 7 Pro only works in 6 ghz after manually selecting some channels. Not all channels work either.
Seems Regional 6 GHz and other ban Restrictions & Bans are a mess for new routers.
[Australia & Japan: Only a portion of the lower 6 GHz band (usually 5.925–6.425 GHz) has been approved. The upper 6 GHz band remains restricted while authorities evaluate usage]
For Home use I hope there free the ghz bans for full use and rescricion option for travel so you can have option for both, As for home use you can use all channels unlocked to get around bans.