Numerous devices now support the Wi-Fi 6E standard. Wi-Fi 6E uses the 6 GHz radio band to provide faster, more reliable wireless connections on supported devices. So far, Apple has used this iPad Pro (11″, 4th generation) and the iPad Pro (12.9″, 6th generation) the new standard.
The new ones have now been added MacBook Pro (2023) and Mac mini (2023). At best, for best performance with Apple devices, the WiFi router providing the network should use a single network name for all radio bands, i.e. the 2.4 GHz band, the 5 GHz band and the 6 GHz band of the Wi-Fi 6E network. If the router Not uses the same name for all frequency bands, the device only recognizes the network with limited compatibility, according to Apple.
So it finds the name of the corresponding 5GHz network and asks if you want to connect to improve compatibility. If you then connect, you are in the 5 GHz band without being able to fall back on the advantages of 6E. However, if you don’t do this, a device will continue to use the Wi-Fi 6E network, but that’s not as conducive to “the overall experience with some activity over the network.” Maybe interesting to know for users of the new Macs: you can disable the “Wi-Fi 6E” mode on a device if there are any problems with it in your setup:
Mac
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Wi-Fi.
Click the Details button next to the name of the Wi-Fi 6E network you’re connected to. Next to Wi-Fi 6E Mode, choose Off from the menu.
iPad
Go to “Settings” > “Wi-Fi”.
Tap the name of the Wi-Fi 6E network you’re connected to
Tap Wi-Fi 6E Mode, then tap Off.
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