it’s possible for you to connect old devices to new networks.
You bought a brand-new router withWi-Fi 6but most of the gear in your house is Wi-Fi 5 or older.
Can you still use the Wi-Fi 6 router with your old gear?
Fortunately for you, that doesn’t matter.
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What Happened to Wi-Fi 5, 4, and More?
Current generation Wi-Fi routers are backward compatible withprior generations of Wi-Ficlient hardware.
That’s the beauty of the Wi-Fi standard, it’s designed to maximize interoperability.
The worry wastechnically true overblown back then, and it’s certainly nothing to worry about today.
It will be bottlenecked by the limitations of the generation of Wi-Fi hardware it uses.
Realistically, you’ll probably never notice the difference in performance under real-world conditions.
So don’t sweat it!
Enjoy your upgrade to a Wi-Fi 6 router.
