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This is kind of interesting - found this testing a new device on it's probe request - host AP is a Nokia IPQ based device

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More info here on the MBO aspects...

Warning - PDF links below...


FastConnect 6200 is essentially WiFi 5.5 - it is 802.11ac Wave 2 officially, but it has a lot of 11ax inside (channel sounding, etc) - interesting chipset to work with...


Anyways - with current WiFi6 chipsets, one does tend to find "interesting" capabilities advertised in both Beacons and Probe Request/Response Frames... esp now that we have not just 6e capability, but also the extended 5GHz UNII-4 channels that are 11ac allowed in certain countries...

Mediatek on the AP side tends to be the odd one - even for standalone AP's on the 11ax - seems like their SDK throws everything including the kitchen sink into the HE stanzas...

@thiggins - this was captured on a One Plus Nord n20 5G handset on the Probe Request..

The association request/response handshakes were a lot more sane, but still a cool find...
 
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This is kind of interesting - found this testing a new device on it's probe request - host AP is a Nokia IPQ based device

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More info here on the MBO aspects...

Warning - PDF links below...


FastConnect 6200 is essentially WiFi 5.5 - it is 802.11ac Wave 2 officially, but it has a lot of 11ax inside (channel sounding, etc) - interesting chipset to work with...


Anyways - with current WiFi6 chipsets, one does tend to find "interesting" capabilities advertised in both Beacons and Probe Request/Response Frames... esp now that we have not just 6e capability, but also the extended 5GHz UNII-4 channels that are 11ac allowed in certain countries...

Mediatek on the AP side tends to be the odd one - even for standalone AP's on the 11ax - seems like their SDK throws everything including the kitchen sink into the HE stanzas...

@thiggins - this was captured on a One Plus Nord n20 5G handset on the Probe Request..

The association request/response handshakes were a lot more sane, but still a cool find...

Seen anything in the wild supporting (and using) MLO yet? I think that's really the only new technology that actually interests me.
 
Seen anything in the wild supporting (and using) MLO yet? I think that's really the only new technology that actually interests me.

Haven't seen anything that supports WiFi 7 Multi Link Operation - it's still fairly early for equipment that support 11be.

Should be noted - about half of the AP's in my neighborhood are 11ax/WiFi6 these days, and most of them are carrier provided from Cox, ATT Fiber, or TMobile Home Internet...
 
Seen anything in the wild supporting (and using) MLO yet? I think that's really the only new technology that actually interests me.

Intel AX411 has double connect which is similar: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/wireless/wi-fi-6e-ax411-product-brief.html

On Microsoft* Windows 11* systems, provides the capability of connecting to both 2.4GHz and 5GHz (or 6GHz) networks simultaneously. Combined with Intel® Killer™ or Intel® Connectivity Performance Suite software, Wi-Fi traffic can be routed over either Wi-Fi link, improving latency and throughput for critical applications.
 

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