Question Will USA WiFi 6E/7 router work on 6Ghz and 160/320Mhz channel width in India

[cicero_cicero]

I recently got an Asus WiFi 6 router (xt8) in India. Despite claiming that it supports 160Mhz, it does not connect using 160Mhz and uses on 80Mhz channel width. In other words, I have 900Mbps connection but I am able to get only upto 600/650Mbps due to interference. I use M3 Max MacBook Pro. I used the same laptop in Thailand and I got 900Mbps+ when using Wifi 6 with 120Mhz channel width (so laptop is not an issue). Following points made me ask this question

- Client (laptop) and server (Router) negotiate how to connect. Apparently, it is the router that dictates what all is supported. Router advertises what is called Country Code and not the client. Country code defines what all bands would be supported and what channel width will be supported.
- I have set the region to USA in the router but it still won't connect on 160Mhz.
- I also read that some routers can also hardcode the region based on the region where the device is meant to be sold. This is making me think that if I get a router from the USA, at-least the hardcoded support would be present for 6Ghz and 160Mhz channel width.
- I don't know if the router would still disable 6Ghz and 160Mhz when it knows the IP it is connected to (IP are allocated per region and it is possible to determine country from IP address). Link: https://lite.ip2location.com/india-ip-address-ranges
- My laptop was bought in India but it connected on 160Mhz outside the country which makes me believe that laptop has no restrictions. All restrictions are dictated by the router.

If someone has gotten USA router in India and has successfully gotten 6Ghz Band or 160Mhz channel width working, I would love to know and which router model was it.

 

[bill001g]

The routers are not smart enough to change their firmware based on IP address. That would be too easy to hack.
All I do is run router behind router and use fake public IP for the network between the routers

The FCC and other similar agencies really cracked down years ago when you used to be able to set the county code to russia to use radio band not allowed at power levels not allowed.

Although the radio chips can operate in any country they are somehow limited when they are manufactured. Since the guys trying to hack this have gone as far as loading firmware from other countries it does not seem to be a software changeable thing.

It seems customs in each country is how this is enforced. Large retailers who import have to be sure to follow the rules where customs seems to not be able to enforce all the direct import of illegal stuff from china by your common citizen

I have not kept up on differences between countries on 6ghz radio band. From the little I have played with it the range is greatly reduced in my house compare to 5ghz.

 

[cicero_cicero]

What you mentioned makes lot of sense. I am also reading a lot that 6Ghz radio is not very effective as range is limited. I guess the best one can do is try in the household one lives in.

I also agree that IP based check in router would be pointless as people can overcome it easily.

I am more than happy to run the router behind router (which what I have right now but it was not a choice. My ISP says I must use their router and I plugged in my router behind them). I will not ask them to change it now. but how would I get a fake public IP for the network between the routers? IP between the routers is supposed to be intranet IPs and not internet is my understanding.