I have a lot of apple products that connect to my new Asus RT-AX86U and found an issue with my apple watch connecting.
For some reason on the 2.4 Ghz band My Apple watch wouldn't connect.
I found the issue in one setting on the 2.4 Ghz band under the Professional tab.
Disabled "Enable WMM No-Acknowledgement"
And that fixed the issue now my Apple Watch 6 can now connect on the 2.4 Ghz band.
Odd thing it has no issue on the 5 Ghz Band with this same setting on.
I suspect that Apple has more updated firmware for the 5 Ghz band.
Hope this helped anyone experiencing this issue.
This is for all Asus RT-AX86U firmware versions from Asus and ASUSWRT-MERLIN.
For some reason on the 2.4 Ghz band My Apple watch wouldn't connect.
I found the issue in one setting on the 2.4 Ghz band under the Professional tab.
Disabled "Enable WMM No-Acknowledgement"
And that fixed the issue now my Apple Watch 6 can now connect on the 2.4 Ghz band.
Odd thing it has no issue on the 5 Ghz Band with this same setting on.
I suspect that Apple has more updated firmware for the 5 Ghz band.
Hope this helped anyone experiencing this issue.
This is for all Asus RT-AX86U firmware versions from Asus and ASUSWRT-MERLIN.
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