Asus Routers WiFi 6 - AirMesh and older routers

[BillDC]

When connecting an Asus Routers WiFi 6 to older Asus routers by AirMesh, does all of the WiFi 6 features transfer to the older routers?

[Dujith]

Nope, older routers will be limited by their hardware. Cant magically add hardware to a router via software. 

[kirashi]

1 hour ago, BillDC said:

When connecting an Asus Routers WiFi 6 to older Asus routers by AirMesh, does all of the WiFi 6 features transfer to the older routers?

As @Dujith noted above, hardware-based features like WiFi 6 (and WPA3 security, for most models of wireless equipment made before WPA3's existence) don't magically start working on old hardware just because you add it to a MESH networking setup. It's kinda like how buying a WiFi 6 access point won't magically give an older Samsung Galaxy Note 3 phone WiFi 6 capabilities - the chipset in the Note 3 is still the same chipset when it was released years ago.

[BillDC]

Thank you both for your help.  Your conclusion is what I suspected but just wanted to confirm.