I purchased a RBR10 online last November and only just realised that the wireless region is set to North America and it is greyed out and unable to change in the webadmin - I am in Australia. What is the best option to change the region setting? I suspect it is interferring with my other 5GHz AP

There is a great discription of how to change Orbi Region codes in this post:https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Orbi-RKB53-global-differences/m-p/1736104#M59059

Thanks. Followed the instructions and changed region to AU and the region selection is enabled. 5GHz channel is still "stuck" at 157. Was expecting this to be Auto like 2.4GHz channel

There are two 5G channels. The "front" (or user facing) 5G channel can be selected from 36-48. 48 essentially "combines" channels 36-48 creating the biggest possible bandwidth for devices that can take advantage of it. The "backhaul" 5G channel for communication between Orbi devices is limited because of radio frequency restrictions. In many countries, channel 157 is about the only "fully open" channel. Where no higher frequencies are "fully open", the Orbi complies with restrictions to avoid weather & military radar in the area.There is a long discussion about this issue in this post:https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/5Ghz-channels/td-p/1538610

Re 157, that's what I figured when I used Wifi Analyzer to scan my Wifi. I was expecting to see my user SSID to be on a different channel to 157 but Wifi Analyzer is showing it on the same channel 157. I cannot see option to select or auto for 5Hz channel in web admin, in basic or Advanced menu. Am I missing something?

What are you really trying to achieve? Early on you said "I suspect it is interfering with my other 5GHz AP". Might be worth trying to confirm this. Turn off the other one temporarily to see if that really is the issue. Does it have an control over channels?

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CrimpOn
Guru
May 24, 2020
There is a great discription of how to change Orbi Region codes in this post:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Orbi-RKB53-global-differences/m-p/1736104#M59059
- phkhong
  Aspirant
  May 24, 2020
  Thanks. Followed the instructions and changed region to AU and the region selection is enabled.
  
  5GHz channel is still "stuck" at 157. Was expecting this to be Auto like 2.4GHz channel
  - CrimpOn
    Guru
    May 24, 2020
    There are two 5G channels. The "front" (or user facing) 5G channel can be selected from 36-48. 48 essentially "combines" channels 36-48 creating the biggest possible bandwidth for devices that can take advantage of it. The "backhaul" 5G channel for communication between Orbi devices is limited because of radio frequency restrictions. In many countries, channel 157 is about the only "fully open" channel. Where no higher frequencies are "fully open", the Orbi complies with restrictions to avoid weather & military radar in the area.
    There is a long discussion about this issue in this post:
    https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/5Ghz-channels/td-p/1538610

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