Request to Enable 6GHz Band on Archer BE230 (BCM6764 Chipset)
Request to Enable 6GHz Band on Archer BE230 (BCM6764 Chipset)
Hello TP-Link Team,
I'm a proud owner of the Archer BE230 (also known as BE3600), and I appreciate its performance and value. However, I've noticed that it currently operates only on the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands, despite being marketed as a Wi-Fi 7 router.
Upon researching, I found that the BE230 utilizes the Broadcom BCM6764 chipset, which supports tri-band operation, including the 6GHz band.
This raises the question: is the omission of the 6GHz band a hardware limitation or a software/firmware decision?
Enabling the 6GHz band would allow users to fully leverage Wi-Fi 7 capabilities, such as reduced interference and higher throughput, especially in environments with many Wi-Fi devices.
I kindly request TP-Link to consider enabling the 6GHz band on the Archer BE230 through a firmware update, if feasible. This enhancement would significantly improve the router's functionality and user experience.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Best regards
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Hi,
Where does the information come from that the hardware of the Archer BE230 supposedly has tri-band support?
According to Broadcom the BCM6764 is a "dual 2+2 160 MHz Wi-Fi 7 system-on-a-chip", the "dual" indicating two Wi-Fi radios.
https://www.broadcom.com/products/wireless/wireless-lan-infrastructure/bcm6764
Additional major chips inside the BE230 are a 2.5Gbps Ethernet transceiver, a Gigabit Ethernet switch, a 512 MB DDR3 SDRAM chip and a 128 MB SPI-NAND flash memory chip, but nothing that could provide a third Wi-Fi radio.
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