How to get onto my wifi 6 channel?

[MommaHead]

So I have a slightly different issue than what I can find on the interweb...I have a Realtek RTL8852BE WiFi 6 802.11ax PCIe Adapter that I don't believe is picking up my wifi 6 signal.

 Thats a snip of some of my wifi info for the laptop.  Best I can troubleshoot/hypothesize is I don't have an updated driver that gives me the option to choose a wifi 6 signal.  All I can find inside adapter settings is no preference, 2.4, and 5g...no 6

Can anyone let me know how to fix?  Really want to take advantage of my wifi 6 speeds if I can, thanks so much for your time and help.

[BeemerBiker]

You need WIFI 6e to get the 6ghz band

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_6#:~:text=Wi%2DFi%206%2C%20or%20IEEE,better%20performance%20in%2....

[MommaHead]

Aww...for real?  I need different hardware?  That card I have was a marketing ploy?  It states Wifi 6 but is only good for 5g?

[resistencia]

hi @MommaHead 

There is much difference in using a Wi-fi 6 than a wi-fi 5 , even if they both connect to the same 5 Ghz band.

when connected with wi-fi 5 it has a stream speed of 433 Mbps with wi-fi 6 it has 600 Mbps. Then you usually connect to 2 stream, one upstream and one downstream.  In wi-fi 5 total 866 Mbps, and wi-fi 6 1200 Mbps.

there are other differences, but if we continue, we will end up in an answer that does not correspond to this forum, here is a link for more information

2.4 GHz vs. 5 GHz vs. 6 GHz: What's the Difference? - Intel