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Rafterman

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I see the 6G band from my NightHawk router on the new M2 iPad, but when you select it, it says on the iPad Wifi page "limited compatibility." Not having a 6GHZ band is kind of pointless. I can't say it's any faster than the 5G band.

Of course, I knew this ahead of time, with various articles talking about the lack of a 6GHZ band. So it just seems weird that Apple did it this way.
 

Jackbequickly

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I see the 6G band from my NightHawk router on the new M2 iPad, but when you select it, it says on the iPad Wifi page "limited compatibility." Not having a 6GHZ band is kind of pointless. I can't say it's any faster than the 5G band.

Of course, I knew this ahead of time, with various articles talking about the lack of a 6GHZ band. So it just seems weird that Apple did it this way.
Advances are so incremental these day and hard to even detect until we get a new breaking technology.
 

Frankfurt

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I see the 6G band from my NightHawk router on the new M2 iPad, but when you select it, it says on the iPad Wifi page "limited compatibility." Not having a 6GHZ band is kind of pointless. I can't say it's any faster than the 5G band.

Of course, I knew this ahead of time, with various articles talking about the lack of a 6GHZ band. So it just seems weird that Apple did it this way.
I see mine connected to 6GHz on my eero network. There is also higher network speed as it is the only device connecting to the 6GHz band at this point. But 400+ Mbs vs 300 Mbs is not that noticeable on everyday tasks.
 
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