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Orbi firmware v2.1.1.16 discussion
do we need to do nvram wipe for this 2.1.1.16 Firmware just released today? noticed it downloaded automatically.
Following up to the above post about the band discrepancy, I cranked up Inssider on a laptop and did not see band assignment issues. The assigned bands showed up properly. I cannot reconcile the difference between WiFi analyzer on my android and Inssider on a laptop.
orbirick wrote:
Following up to the above post about the band discrepancy, I cranked up Inssider on a laptop and did not see band assignment issues. The assigned bands showed up properly. I cannot reconcile the difference between WiFi analyzer on my android and Inssider on a laptop.
Your Orbi is using a 40 MHz width on 2.4 GHz. You set it to Channel 1 and it uses 1 - 5, which extends just to the edge of channel 7.
Your Orbi is using an 80 MHz width on 5 GHz. No matter what channel you set in the GUI, Orbi will always use channels 36-48.
These channels are what's shown in the plot you posted, so everything is working properly, but the way Orbi uses channels is confusing compared to the choices in the GUI.
st_shaw wrote:
orbirick wrote:Following up to the above post about the band discrepancy, I cranked up Inssider on a laptop and did not see band assignment issues. The assigned bands showed up properly. I cannot reconcile the difference between WiFi analyzer on my android and Inssider on a laptop.
Your Orbi is using a 40 MHz width on 2.4 GHz. You set it to Channel 1 and it uses 1 - 5, which extends just to the edge of channel 7.
Your Orbi is using an 80 MHz width on 5 GHz. No matter what channel you set in the GUI, Orbi will always use channels 36-48.
These channels are what's shown in the plot you posted, so everything is working properly, but the way Orbi uses channels is confusing compared to the choices in the GUI.
Thank you for your reply. What I found confusing was apparent peaks on channel 3 and channel 42 instead of the channels I programmed. What I found confusing is that while my Wifi Analyzer app showed the channel info like that, Inssider on a laptop did NOT show those same off channel peaks. Inssider showed everything as I would expect.
I moved the 2.4 GHz channels around some after trying channels 1, 6 and 11 with Inssider and settled on channel 6 for the low band. I left the hi band alone at channel 48. And those were represented properly on Inssider. I cannot understand the multiple peaks off channel on wifi Analyzer.
orbirick Yes, it is confusing. Channel 3 is the center of the 40 MHz channel in the 2.4 GHz band that utilizes 20 MHz channels 1+5, so it's sometimes labeled channel 3 or 1+5.
Similarly, channel 42 is the center of the 80 MHz channel in the 5 GHz band that uses channels 36-48.
As far as I can tell, you can select channels 36, 40, 44, or 48, in the GUI and Orbi will still use the same 80 MHz channel allocation that takes up al of 26-48. That means you really have no control over channel usage in 5 GHz.
This chart illustrates the concept.
st_shaw wrote:orbirick Yes, it is confusing. Channel 3 is the center of the 40 MHz channel in the 2.4 GHz band that utilizes 20 MHz channels 1+5, so it's sometimes labeled channel 3 or 1+5.
Similarly, channel 42 is the center of the 80 MHz channel in the 5 GHz band that uses channels 36-48.
As far as I can tell, you can select channels 36, 40, 44, or 48, in the GUI and Orbi will still use the same 80 MHz channel allocation that takes up al of 26-48. That means you really have no control over channel usage in 5 GHz.
This chart illustrates the concept.
Well that is very interesting. I was not aware of how that worked. But why would WiFi analyzer show one thing and Inssider something different?