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I have an MSU Tomahawk WiFi AMD B650 that is WiFi 6E compatible. I want to use this to create a WiFi 6E 6Ghz hotspot but Windows will only let me chose 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz.

I have found this site where it is shown how to install a driver for Intel products to activate the 6Ghz use.

Does someone know on how to make such a hotspot on Windows?

FYI, I currently have Windows 10 but I would upgrade if this is possible with Windows 11?

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The underlying API for creating a hotspot/tether/WiFi access point only supports 2.4Ghz and 5GHz wifi bands in the current build of Windows 11 (22621):

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  • Auto 0 Specifies that the WiFi adapter is free to choose any band per internal logic.

  • FiveGigahertz 2 Specifies that the WiFi adapter should use only the 5 GHz band.

  • TwoPointFourGigahertz 1 Specifies that the WiFi adapter should use only the 2.4 GHz band.

However, the current insider preview build of Windows 11 (29541) has added a new SixGigahertz value. I don't have the preview build installed, so I'm not sure whether there's a matching option in the graphical interface yet. If you can't wait, there's a starter powershell example to launch the wifi tethering here, though you'll have to feed it the Band settings.

Either way, the feature should be coming Soon™, at least for Windows 11. I couldn't find the same docs for Windows 10 builds, but I didn't search very far

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