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Nov 21, 2015FVS318N Radio Channel manual config causes unexpected behaviour
On my FVS318N I have configured the wireless channel to use Channel 6 (2437 Mhz) as a manual setting. However, the Current channel reported by the GUI is Channel 3 (2422 MHz)
Any effort in making a manual channel configuration persist fails completely. I need a fixed channel setting as another wireless bridge has been configured to extend the network to a wired section.
Firmware Version: 4.3.3-6 (Latest)
below is part of the config file related to the Radio. Is this a bug in the fimware?
dot11Radio = {}
dot11Radio[1] = {}
dot11Radio[1]["path"] = "1"
dot11Radio[1]["dothMarkDfs"] = "0"
dot11Radio[1]["beaconInterval"] = "100"
dot11Radio[1]["txRate"] = "0"
dot11Radio[1]["opMode"] = "ng40+"
dot11Radio[1]["rtsCtsProtect"] = "1"
dot11Radio[1]["radioenabled"] = "1"
dot11Radio[1]["rtsThreshold"] = "2346"
dot11Radio[1]["dothEnabled"] = "1"
dot11Radio[1]["uapsd"] = "0"
dot11Radio[1]["txPower"] = "20"
dot11Radio[1]["cardNo"] = "1"
dot11Radio[1]["rogueAPEnabled"] = "0"
dot11Radio[1]["longRetry"] = "16"
dot11Radio[1]["dtimInterval"] = "2"
dot11Radio[1]["configuredChannel"] = "6"
dot11Radio[1]["interfaceName"] = "wifi0"
dot11Radio[1]["shortRetry"] = "16"
dot11Radio[1]["radioNo"] = "1"
dot11Radio[1]["band"] = "b"
dot11Radio[1]["xmlId"] = "1"
dot11Radio[1]["currentChannel"] = "2412"
dot11Radio[1]["preambleMode"] = "Long"
dot11Radio[1]["dothMaxPower"] = "30"
dot11Radio[1]["fragThreshold"] = "2346"
dot11Radio[1]["_ROWID_"] = "1"
dot11Radio[1]["rxDiversity"] = "0"
Appreciate your help and insights
4 Replies
- DaneANETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi noibla,
Welcome to the community! :smileyhappy:
Let us isolate the problem. You mentioned the term "manual setting," does it mean that you have a console access to the FVS318N and set wireless channel 6 via CLI?
I look forward to your response.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team- Retired_Member
Hi DaneA,
The configuration is just set from the Web interface. Switching from Auto Channel to a specific channel selection.
- DaneANETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi noibla,
Here are my follow-up questions:
a. Were you able to change to any channel just fine before?
b. Have you tried to use other browsers to access the web-GUI of the FVS318N then set the channel to 6 or any channel?
c. Did you try to reboot the FVS318N then check if the setting remains in channel 6?
I look forward to your response.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
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