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--- intel_wifi_drivers [2024/02/18 14:58] – phillip
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 ===== Important Lesson =====
-An older computer "might not" be able to "see" the wifi signal from a "later generation" wifi router.  If a router is changed/upgraded to "later standards", your computers might need a "driver update" or a wifi dongle that is "compatible" with the later wifi "standard".   The "history" of wifi technology is important. The root cause of the problems identified above is: Earlier generations of wifi are NOT the same as current wifi. Newer wifi "standards" have modified the protocol of how wifi routers can announce their service/presence. Older devices might be able to use/see "newer" routers but they "might" need software changes/upgrades to "really work". That appears to be the case for the issues identified above. The computer and its internal wifi device were 10 years old. The router in the house was 2 years old and did support the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi|wifi 6 "standard"]]. A bit more "digging" revealed the size of the wifi announcement message from a wifi 6 router can contain more bytes of information. Once again , the devil is in the details. For many years I have semi-ignored wifi specifics, because "it just worked". We finally had a reason to understand "whats going on here".
+An older computer "might not" be able to "see" the wifi signal from a "later generation" wifi router. If a router is changed/upgraded to "later standards", your computers might need a "driver update" or a wifi dongle that is "compatible" with the later wifi "standard". The "history" of wifi technology is important. The root cause of the problems identified above is: Earlier generations of wifi are NOT the same as current wifi. Newer wifi "standards" have modified the protocol of how wifi routers can announce their service/presence. Older devices might be able to use/see "newer" routers but they "might" need software changes/upgrades to "really work". That appears to be the case for the issues identified above. The computer and its internal wifi device were 10 years old. The router in the house was 2 years old and did support the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi|wifi 6 "standard"]]. A bit more "digging" revealed the size of the wifi announcement message from a wifi 6 router can contain more bytes of information. Once again , the devil is in the details. For many years I have semi-ignored wifi specifics, because "it just worked". We finally had a reason to understand "whats going on here".
+Here is a link to "[[https://www.thm.de/its/images/stories/Anleitung/WLAN/allgemein/Intel-WiFi-Connection_issue_with_11AX_networks-Rev11.pdf|A historical detai]]l".