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Due to COVID constraints my wife has begun teaching her classes from home via Google Meets. She set up a nice work area in our finished basement, but had trouble with our WIFI there. After reading h...
- It won't allow me to use channel 36. Each time I attempted to do so the number in the box went back to 40. I've set the 5G devices variously at 40, 44, and 48. Doesn't seem to make an appreciable difference.
My memory of the way 5G WiFi works is that setting the channel to 36 means to use 'only' 36. Setting it to 48 means to combine 36-40-44-48 into one 80mb wide channel. (I have lost track of the reference where I heard that. Will search.) One way to tell is to look at that laptop WiFi report. What does it show when the Orbi is set to 36?
It won't allow me to use channel 36. Each time I attempted to do so the number in the box went back to 40. I've set the 5G devices variously at 40, 44, and 48. Doesn't seem to make an appreciable difference.