+1Unfortunately I could only purchase a W3B (W3U was not available) and I would like to use it to connect a Quest 3 (Wifi 6e capable) through Air Link at big exhibits, where the traditional 2.4/5GHz networks are very disturbed/unusable.
Therefore I would need to setup this configuration:
Gaming Laptop (out of network) directly connected (wired 2.5Gbps ethernet) to one W3B 6GHz in access point mode, then connected to the Quest 3.
How could make this work?
Many thanks in advance
Best answer by jlm70
Thanks not to have been rude. But I’ll try to help other guys with my same problem, given I’ve solved it in 10 minutes with chatGPT.
Full 6GHz from my Quest 3 to my laptop, through the Arris W3B only. Yes, not a catch 22 this time.
So:
(1) I directly connected my W3B to my Win11 Pro laptop ethernet port (2.5Gbe), looking at the IP that my laptop DHCP assigned to the Arris (192.168.1.70). Why should have I used an external router? Windows can perfectly use its DHCP function.
(2) in the W3B web panel (accessible through 192.168.1.70) i did enable the SID, selected the HT160 wide band and PSC 101 (the highest allowed 6GHz channel in Europe - so to be on the safe side)
(3) optional pass: in my Windows network properties I enabled internet sharing for my Wifi adaptor (so that the Quest can access the web through the Arris, that inherit the internet from the PC’s wifi)
(4) In my Quest 3 I connected to the Arris wi-fi SID, and easily verify (latest Meta OS, July 2025) that the used band is 6GHz: bingo!
After having restarted the Meta Link, everything works perfectly in AirLink.
Long story short: YES, you can use the W3B as a W3U for a Quest 3.
+41I’ll try not to be rude. You’re in a catch 22. You want to be able to link a laptop to a quest 3 but you want the w3b in access point mode. In access point mode, nothing is handling dhcp/nat because access point mode leaves something else managing it. You need a router to manage that. You’d probably be better off picking up a standard router and using that for those situations. They don’t need internet access to function and then would either provide you a backup for at home or just a travel router. Or you could even pickup a travel router like the gl.inet gl-be3600
+1Thanks not to have been rude. But I’ll try to help other guys with my same problem, given I’ve solved it in 10 minutes with chatGPT.
Full 6GHz from my Quest 3 to my laptop, through the Arris W3B only. Yes, not a catch 22 this time.
So:
(1) I directly connected my W3B to my Win11 Pro laptop ethernet port (2.5Gbe), looking at the IP that my laptop DHCP assigned to the Arris (192.168.1.70). Why should have I used an external router? Windows can perfectly use its DHCP function.
(2) in the W3B web panel (accessible through 192.168.1.70) i did enable the SID, selected the HT160 wide band and PSC 101 (the highest allowed 6GHz channel in Europe - so to be on the safe side)
(3) optional pass: in my Windows network properties I enabled internet sharing for my Wifi adaptor (so that the Quest can access the web through the Arris, that inherit the internet from the PC’s wifi)
(4) In my Quest 3 I connected to the Arris wi-fi SID, and easily verify (latest Meta OS, July 2025) that the used band is 6GHz: bingo!
After having restarted the Meta Link, everything works perfectly in AirLink.
Long story short: YES, you can use the W3B as a W3U for a Quest 3.
+1Thanks not to have been rude. But I’ll try to help other guys with my same problem, given I’ve solved it in 10 minutes with chatGPT.
Full 6GHz from my Quest 3 to my laptop, through the Arris W3B only. Yes, not a catch 22 this time.
So:
(1) I directly connected my W3B to my Win11 Pro laptop ethernet port (2.5Gbe), looking at the IP that my laptop DHCP assigned to the Arris (192.168.1.70). Why should have I used an external router? Windows can perfectly use its DHCP function.
(2) in the W3B web panel (accessible through 192.168.1.70) i did enable the SID, selected the HT160 wide band and PSC 101 (the highest allowed 6GHz channel in Europe - so to be on the safe side)
(3) optional pass: in my Windows network properties I enabled internet sharing for my Wifi adaptor (so that the Quest can access the web through the Arris, that inherit the internet from the PC’s wifi)
(4) In my Quest 3 I connected to the Arris wi-fi SID, and easily verify (latest Meta OS, July 2025) that the used band is 6GHz: bingo!
After having restarted the Meta Link, everything works perfectly in AirLink.
Long story short: YES, you can use the W3B as a W3U for a Quest 3.
Note: if you are finding problems in Windows assigning an IP to the W6B (and if you have not Windows Server), than you can download a DHCP Server app to assign the Arris (and Quest 3) an IP. I used “DHCP Server for Windows” and it works perfectly with its basic config: https://www.dhcpserver.de
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