WiFi 6 is a 6th generation WiFi and the successor of WiFi 5. It is also known as AX WiFi or 802.11ax WiFi. WiFi 6 has a number of benefits over its older counterparts. The WiFi 5 or 802.11ac was introduced in the year 2014. Since its launch, the number of devices connected to a wireless network in a home and an office started increasing. The speed of a WiFi network decreases as the number of devices connected to it starts increasing. WiFi 6 is designed keeping this in mind and to ensure that each of the devices connected to the same network can get the higher data rates. If you want to upgrade to WiFi 6, you should know whether your PC supports the WiFi 6 technology or not. In this article, we will see how to tell if your PC has WiFi 6. To use WiFi 6 technology, it is necessary that both your router and system should support WiFi 6.
1. How to tell if my PC has WiFi 6
Click on Windows Search and type cmd. Select the Command Prompt from the search results. This will open the Command Prompt.
Copy the following command and paste it into the Command Prompt. To paste the command, right-click anywhere in the command prompt. After that, press Enter
netsh wlan show drivers
4. The command will take a few seconds to show you the output. When the command is executed completely, look for the Radio types supported in the result. All the WiFi versions supported by your PC will be displayed next to it. You can see in the above screenshot that my laptop supports three versions of WiFi, namely, 802.11n, 802.11g, and 802.11b. The output of the Command Prompt does not show 802.11ax, which means that my laptop does not support WiFi 6.
802.11, 802.11a, 802.11b, etc., are the IEEE standards. These standards are renamed as WiFi versions so that people can understand them easily. The following information will help you know which IEEE standard represents which WiFi version.
802.11 – WiFi 0
802.11b – WiFi 1
802.11a – WiFi 2
802.11g – WiFi 3
802.11n – WiFi 4
802.11ac – WiFi 5
802.11ax – WiFi 6 and WiFi 6E
802.11be – WiFi 7
2. How to check if your Windows PC is connected with WiFi 6
f you are connected to a WiFi network, how can you check if it is WiFI 6 or not? The following instructions will help you know whether you are connected to a WiFi 6 network or not. Follow the steps written below:
Open Windows 11/10 Settings.
Go to “Network & internet > Wi-Fi.”
Click on your Wi-Fi properties tab.
Scroll down. You will see the WiFi version next to Protocol.
In the above screenshot, you can see that my laptop is connected to a WiFi 4 (802.11n) network.
