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Conventions
The Adapter or MA86XE, or device mentioned in this User Guide stands for MA86XE
AXE5400 Wi-Fi 6E Bluetooth 5.3 PCIe Adapter without any explanations.
Note: Features of the adapter may vary by model and driver version. All images, steps,
and descriptions in this guide are only examples and may not reect your actual
adapter experience.
More Info
Specications and the latest software can be found at the product page at the ocial
website http://www.mercusys.com.
The Quick Installation Guide can be found where you nd this guide or inside the
package of the router.
Speed/Coverage Disclaimer
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Maximum wireless signal rates are the physical rates derived from IEEE Standard
802.11 specications. Actual wireless data throughput and wireless coverage,
and number of connected devices are not guaranteed and will vary as a result of
network conditions, AP limitations, and environmental factors, including building
materials, obstacles, volume and density of trac, and AP location.
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Use of Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 6E(802.11ax), and features including OFDMA, MU-MIMO,
1024-QAM, or HE160 requires APs to also support the corresponding features. 160
MHz channels may not be all available in the 5 GHz or 6 GHz band in some regions/
countries due to regulatory restrictions.
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Functionality of MA86XE may be restricted on some computing systems and
platforms. Please try to update the device's driver for feature compatibility.
§Use of WPA3 requires APs to also support WPA3.
*Several new features are introduced in the Bluetooth Core Specication 5.0, 5.2
and 5.3 Release, including 2× faster speed and 4× broader coverage compared with
Bluetooth 4.2.