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A question about 5GHz wireless channel setting
Admitedly I haven't paid much attention to the wireless settings in the management console, but I am aware my RBR50 is using channel 48. When troubleshooting a different issue, I used wifi analyzer ...
Interesting. This may explain the phantom signal I’m seeing on channel 157. Anyway to know for sure the exact channel backhaul is using?
Power OFF the Orbi while you watch the scanner app. If it disappears, then re-appears after you turn ON the Orbi, you'll know.
Good idea, but that wasn't it. Unfortunately the Amazon tablet isn't able to see the newer intermediiate channels and it would have made more sense for NG to choose one of those less used channels for backhauling traffic I'll see if I can get my hands on a better tool to check.
At least moving the primary traffic to channel 44 is good enough to have a clean signal there. As for what else is pushing a signal, I suspect the Arris router is still transmitting even though the radios are supposedly turned off and the power output lowered.
- Thank you. The backhaul channels must be the ones I see in the 149+ range. No SSID.
The provided links are awesome.
Well you can turn OFF the Arris modem/router and see if the scan app shows any differences. Then turn it back on.
There are to places I think for Arris, there is a enable or disable SSID then I think there is a disable WiFi broadcast somewhere in the advanced settings. Ensure that the Advanced WiFi broadcast settings are disabled.
Some channels can't be used by chipset Mfrs so NG and others have to abide by what is regulated by the FCC.
gr8sho wrote:
Good idea, but that wasn't it. Unfortunately the Amazon tablet isn't able to see the newer intermediiate channels and it would have made more sense for NG to choose one of those less used channels for backhauling traffic I'll see if I can get my hands on a better tool to check.
At least moving the primary traffic to channel 44 is good enough to have a clean signal there. As for what else is pushing a signal, I suspect the Arris router is still transmitting even though the radios are supposedly turned off and the power output lowered.
- Yes, I did three things I did on the Arris. One was to manually set the channel to one of the non standard ones, then I lowered the transmit power to 1%, and finally turned the radios off.
I’ll search if there’s a further way to determine the origin of the signals I see.
Thanks!
