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bbriner
Aspirant
May 23, 2018
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Does the WAC505 support 802.11d outside of USA?

Does the WAC505 support 802.11d (country information in the beacon) for units sold outside of the USA?

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  • DaneA's avatar
    DaneA
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    May 23, 2018

    Hi bbriner,

     

    Welcome to the community! :) 

     

    Kindly read pages 98-99 of the WAC505 user manual here about Change the Country or Region of Operation.

     

     

    Regards,

     

    DaneA

    NETGEAR Community Team

    • bbriner's avatar
      bbriner
      Aspirant
      May 24, 2018

      Thank you for the answer but the manual does not mention if the WR505 broadcasts the country information in the beacon (802.11d).

       

      The issue is that my MacBook Pro finds a wifi in the neighborhood with "China" and adjusts itself to the chinese channels. The only way I found to overcome the problem is to put my R7000 running Tomato to broadcast my correct region. As the R7000 is stronger than my the one broadcasting "China" my MacBook Pro adjusts itself correctly.

       

      Can you please clarify if the WR505 broadcasts or has the option to broadcast the country information ?

      • RaghuHR's avatar
        RaghuHR
        NETGEAR Expert
        May 24, 2018

        Hi bbriner,

         

        Few questions to understand your issue.

        1. Are you seeing becons of WAC505 wrongly sending country code?

        2. WAC505 is your AP or neighbour's AP which you do not have access?

        3. What is your region? China?

         

        Thanks,

        Raghu

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