Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Posts: 7760 Location: Dresden, Germany
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2026 5:01 Post subject:
FDM80 wrote:
The MX5300 does not support the 6GHz band. It has two 5GHz radios.
That would be awesome if there was a device that you could flip a radio between the 5GHz and 6GHz bands though.
the linksys mr7500 has a 2.4 ghz radio a 5 ghz ax radio and a 6 ghz ax radio.
i have 3 of these devices. _________________ "So you tried to use the computer and it started smoking? Sounds like a Mac to me.." - Louis Rossmann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL_5YDRWqGE&t=60s
Thanks for reminding me. My apologies for forgetting.
Doing a site survey with wlan1 [5 GHz/802.11ax] results in "None" (ie: a blank list).
Doing a site survey with wlan0 [5 GHz/802.11ac] results in a list of the various networks nearby, but noticeably only on the high side channels (100 - 177 range).
In comparison, doing a site survey on one of my MX8500s results in all 5GHz networks showing on the list, both low and high ranges.
BrainSlayer wrote:
the linksys mr7500 has a 2.4 ghz radio a 5 ghz ax radio and a 6 ghz ax radio.
Yeah, I have 3 MX8500s which I think are similar in that sense. What I meant was that it would be cool if the 6GHz radio could be repurposed as a 2nd 5GHz radio. Giving the user flexibility in using the devices as two different types of tri-band devices (2.4 / 5 / 6) vs (2.4 / 2x 5) if they wanted to.
Joined: 16 Nov 2015 Posts: 7090 Location: UK, London, just across the river..
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2026 16:51 Post subject:
FDM80 wrote:
BrainSlayer wrote:
if you do site survey on wlan1. whats the result
Thanks for reminding me. My apologies for forgetting.
Doing a site survey with wlan1 [5 GHz/802.11ax] results in "None" (ie: a blank list).
Doing a site survey with wlan0 [5 GHz/802.11ac] results in a list of the various networks nearby, but noticeably only on the high side channels (100 - 177 range).
In comparison, doing a site survey on one of my MX8500s results in all 5GHz networks showing on the list, both low and high ranges.
BrainSlayer wrote:
the linksys mr7500 has a 2.4 ghz radio a 5 ghz ax radio and a 6 ghz ax radio.
Yeah, I have 3 MX8500s which I think are similar in that sense. What I meant was that it would be cool if the 6GHz radio could be repurposed as a 2nd 5GHz radio. Giving the user flexibility in using the devices as two different types of tri-band devices (2.4 / 5 / 6) vs (2.4 / 2x 5) if they wanted to.
FDM80 wrote:
The MX5300 does not support the 6GHz band. It has two 5GHz radios.
That would be awesome if there was a device that you could flip a radio between the 5GHz and 6GHz bands though.
it seams FDM80 has a different believes....for MX5300... _________________ Atheros
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Netgear XR500 -DD-WRT 63600 GTW/SmDNS/DoT,AD-Blk,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x2VLAN,Vanilla
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Last edited by Alozaros on Fri Jan 09, 2026 19:20; edited 1 time in total
The issue with the MX5300 sounds very similar to the issue these people are seeing with their devices on the recent builds. Maybe (hoping) something related that could be fixed across all the devices.
Just wanted to report in this thread that with r63461 (01/22/2026) all three radios of the device are now visible to client devices. It would appear with this build that the MX5300 is now a fully functional / supported device. Thanks to Brainslayer for his work and everyone else for your input.
Also of note, this device works really well with the 3 MX8500 and MX4300 I have connected to each other via mesh. Really good pings across the devices once setup optimally.
