Wifi 6e not working - new BIOS, Fresh install of Linux Mint 22

Framework Laptop 13 Linux
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Running Laptop 13, 11th Gen I5 with the Intel Ax210 wifi card. Just upgraded my router to a wifi 7 AP (TP-Link), and cannot seem to get the computer to connect on the 6ghz bands.

Computer is fully updated, running the following:
BIOS: 3.20 (I thought this was suppossed to fix this issue!)
Kernel 6.10.3
OS: Linux Mint 22

Anyone have any suggestions?

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You could check what your card supports with issuing in a console the following command:

~# sudo iw dev <dev> scan

<dev> will be your wifi network interface you can check out with:

~# ip add show

However, I think you (Linux Mint) is missing the right firmware blobs for your WiFi card.

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Thank you. After a fresh install of linux, it suddenly started working on 6ghz bands as it should.

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