Why is the native WiFi sniffer disabled for 6 GHz?

Having issues too - I can't connect to the 6GHz network as it doesn't seem to show up.

If I run "sudo airport -s" I can actually see the 6GHz network (same SSID as 5GHz and 2.4GHz), and "Wifi Explorer 3 Pro" can successfully find the 6GHz network when scanning passively. The hardware is OK..

However, Wireless Diagnostics cannot find the 6GHz network and it will not be utilised by macOS, even if I place my MacBook 14" 2023 directly next to the 6e AP (5GHz RSSI of -19, 6GHz RSSI of -9).

This is also on macOS Ventura 13.3.1

-> seemingly there are still quite a lot of macOS issues related to WiFi 6e support, and the support documents are not updated yet (telling me to change settings that have been removed, for example WiFi network service order)

Bit disappointing to advertise 6e support and not actually deliver on it - especially not being able to properly diagnose problems & not being able to make use of the support documentation

See if this f(x) is added in macOS 13.3 as there may not have been time to add 6Ghz diagnostic support for the M2 platforms in macOS 13.2.1.

The Macbook Pro may not fully support WiFi 6E and 6 GHz channels, causing the native WiFi sniffer to be disabled. The password requirement for connecting to an OWE SSID could be due to network configuration issues.

I have exactly the same issue. We broaght two MacBookPros2023-with-Wifi6E-support for exacly this perpose and I'm totally furstrated that I could find any workaround so far.

As far as I can see, no response from Apple so far?!