topic Re: AX210 no wifi displayed in Wireless

AX210 no wifi displayed

cytaf — Fri, 10 May 2024 17:21:42 GMT

Hello,

I buy a mercusys AXE5400 PCIe Adapter, and connected it to my PC (antennas already set up, connected a bluetooth cable on a USB port and the card on a PCIe port. Problem : the card is found by the bios and windows 10, the bluetooth of the card works, but the wifi doesn't. When I try the windows troubleshoot it says that there may be a problem with the driver. I tried to install the driver on the CD, same problem (with a reset of the computer every time). Also tried the Intel driver with the driver support assistant, but always the same problem.

Can someone help me ?

Re: AX210 no wifi displayed

n_scott_pearson — Fri, 10 May 2024 18:39:39 GMT

The Bluetooth is working because it uses the USB connection. The Wireless, on the other hand, requires a PCIe connection. Now, most of these card carriers are a little temperamental when it comes to the PCIe connection. They specify that the card be plugged into only a PCIe x1 connector. They don't work consistently (if at all) when plugged into PCIe x4, x8 or x16 connectors.
Bottom line, make sure you have the card plugged into a PCIe x1 connector. If you do so and it (still) doesn't work, reseat the card. If thst doesn't work, use a different PCIe connector.
Hope this helps,
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Re: AX210 no wifi displayed

cytaf — Fri, 10 May 2024 19:27:33 GMT

Agree for the bluetooth. I'm not familiar with PCIe connections. How do you know that it's a x1 connector ? Is it just because it's smaller ?

Looked at the manual of my motherboard, it says that I have three x16 and three x1.

Anyway, tried all the PCIe ports, for the longer ones (x16 I guess ?) the card is not found by windows, but windows find it for the smaller ones.

looked in the connection properties parameter in windows, got :
Name: Wi-Fi 3
Description: Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX210 160MHz #3
Physical address (MAC): 30:05:05:90:2b:9e
Status: Operational
Maximum transmission unit: 1508
Connectivity (IPv4/IPv6): Disconnected

If I have this, it means that the computer recognizes the card no ? So is it still a hardware problem ?

Re: AX210 no wifi displayed

n_scott_pearson — Fri, 10 May 2024 19:36:17 GMT

The x1's are the smallest connectors - but x4 connectors are not that much bigger.
The slot problem manifested almost exactly like you are describing.

If you click on the network icon in the system tray, do you see any SSIDs being displayed? If not, do you see the card in Device Manager and in Setup's Wireless scene?
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Re: AX210 no wifi displayed

cytaf — Fri, 10 May 2024 20:02:42 GMT

Re: AX210 no wifi displayed

cytaf — Fri, 10 May 2024 20:02:11 GMT

I don't have any SSIDs displayed. But in Device manager, I have the card, I can update or remove the drivers from it. Same for setup's wireless, it there and it's were I found the informations from my last post.

Re: AX210 no wifi displayed

n_scott_pearson — Sat, 11 May 2024 00:22:47 GMT

Go to Settings / Network & Internet / Wi-Fi, click on Manage Known Networks and then on Add a New Network. Create an entry for your Router. Once created, check if you are able to attach to it.

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Re: AX210 no wifi displayed

cytaf — Sat, 11 May 2024 12:06:10 GMT

Nothing appears