Intel BE200 wifi 7 card not connecting to Multi Link Operations ( MLO ) dedicated SSiD on windows 11

Intel BE200 wifi 7 card not connecting to Multi Link Operations ( MLO ) dedicated SSiD on windows 11

Intel BE200 wifi 7 card not connecting to Multi Link Operations ( MLO ) dedicated SSiD on windows 11
Intel BE200 wifi 7 card not connecting to Multi Link Operations ( MLO ) dedicated SSiD on windows 11
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Model: Deco BE85  
Hardware Version: V1
Firmware Version: 1.0.22 Build 20240926 Rel. 29842

I have a deco mesh BE 85, it came with 3 nodes, rececntly i bought a new windows DELL pc and it came with BE200 wifi 7 card which supports 320 MHZ channels on 6ghz band. So i have enabled Multi Link Operation ( MLO ) on my deco Be85 mesh system. My iphone 16 pro max connects to it and its showing me that its connecting to multiple bands ex: band 2.4ghz and or 6ghz or 5ghz and sometimes it connect to all 3 at the same time. I can see that in my connection preferences and connection type. 

 

So, my wifi 7 card  the intel BE200 on my pc only connects to one band at a time, mainly i have it connected to 6ghz band even though the MLO is enabled on my mesh system and dedicated SSID is created for MLO and i am connected to MLO ssid.  I have latest drivers installed for the intel BE200 wifi card and still only connects to one band, what is the issue????

 

I have read that this intel BE200 does in fact support MLO but i have yet to connect to it! what am i doing wrong?

 

I did however ordered Intel BE201 wifi 7 card which is a newer realese of the wifi 7 card, released this year. So i am planning to swap the wifi cards out and maybe that will fix the issue..But about intel BE200 anyone know or anyone had any success with MLO? on a windows pc ?

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Re:Intel BE200 wifi 7 card not connecting to Multi Link Operations ( MLO ) dedicated SSiD on windows 11-Solution
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  @jake26 From the release notes of the Intel driver for Windows 23.80.1:

  • The Wi-Fi 7 features are not currently available because of pending OS global availability (Windows 11* 24H2).  As a result, after installing the drivers, the Intel® Wi-Fi 7 products function with Wi-Fi 6E capabilities on Windows 11*.
  • Intel® Wi-Fi 7 BE200 and BE201 will support Wi-Fi 6E + 320 MHz/4K QAM (known as EHT - Extremely High Throughput) by default when connecting to a Wi-Fi 7 wireless router/AP. 

 

 

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Re:Intel BE200 wifi 7 card not connecting to Multi Link Operations ( MLO ) dedicated SSiD on windows 11
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  @jake26 I am surprised you did not mention anything about the settings of the properties of the Windows interface.  Did you look into it?

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Re:Intel BE200 wifi 7 card not connecting to Multi Link Operations ( MLO ) dedicated SSiD on windows 11-Solution
Monday - last edited Yesterday

  @jake26 From the release notes of the Intel driver for Windows 23.80.1:

  • The Wi-Fi 7 features are not currently available because of pending OS global availability (Windows 11* 24H2).  As a result, after installing the drivers, the Intel® Wi-Fi 7 products function with Wi-Fi 6E capabilities on Windows 11*.
  • Intel® Wi-Fi 7 BE200 and BE201 will support Wi-Fi 6E + 320 MHz/4K QAM (known as EHT - Extremely High Throughput) by default when connecting to a Wi-Fi 7 wireless router/AP. 

 

 

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Re:Intel BE200 wifi 7 card not connecting to Multi Link Operations ( MLO ) dedicated SSiD on windows 11
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i currently have windows 23H2 win 11 not 24H2 version checked if there is 24h2 available and its not yet.
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yes did not see anything about MLO activation
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Re:Intel BE200 wifi 7 card not connecting to Multi Link Operations ( MLO ) dedicated SSiD on windows 11
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So basically all of this is technically not fully available as WIFI 7 until release of 24h2 version of windows 11?? any idea when the new version will drop of windows 11?

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Re:Intel BE200 wifi 7 card not connecting to Multi Link Operations ( MLO ) dedicated SSiD on windows 11
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  @yves_b all right so i have fixed the issue!!! your help was the most effective!!! updated to 24h2 update of windows 11 and it was fixed,, now i am able to connect to 2 bands at the same time

 

thanks so much

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