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Retired_Member's avatar
Retired_Member
Nov 21, 2015

FVS318N 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

  • DaneA's avatar
    DaneA
    NETGEAR 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's avatar
      Retired_Member

      Hi DaneA,

       

      The configuration is just set from the Web interface. Switching from Auto Channel to a specific channel selection.

      • DaneA's avatar
        DaneA
        NETGEAR 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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