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WAX630E Auto Channel Width and Channel
If Dynamic is selected for Channel Width and Auto is selected for Channel, how are these values chosen when a client logs on? Does the access point pick the largest channel width and highest performa...
My wi-fi environment is spread over a large area with eight WAX630E APs. There are not very many users, they just need responsive wi-fi access. Based on this information setting 2.4, 5 and 6 GHz channel width to "Dynamic" and channel selection to "Auto" would enable optimum throughput. Is this correct?
Tom_Manchester wrote:
My wi-fi environment is spread over a large area with eight WAX630E APs. There are not very many users, they just need responsive wi-fi access. Based on this information setting 2.4, 5 and 6 GHz channel width to "Dynamic" and channel selection to "Auto" would enable optimum throughput. Is this correct?
i would have an eye on the channel lists, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels#6_GHz_(802.11ax) for 6 GHz.
The channel width should allow the throughput I would expect from the wireless system, e.g. the client and the access point.
The channels should be distributed in a way over the infrastructure space, so we have ideally independent channels, including the e.g. 160 MHz bandwidth with the n times 20 MHz channels - so all base channel and the related bonding channels are free for each radio system (AP plus client).
just my ubiquitous comment: You really need all this on pure wireless? Real networks - copper or fiber - will outperform such design, even if optimized - by far. Reminds me to a location where the customer had set-up massive installations with HDMI/12GSDI over wireless. needless to say, the results were not great for the obvious reasons.
I can allocate the three no-overlapping 20 MHz channels in 2.4 GHz and nine non-overlapping 20 MHz channels in 5 GHz across the eight WAX630s, but the WAX630 does not allow individual channel selection for 6 GHz. I guess I'll first try the associated 2.4, 5 and 6 GHz Dynamic channel width selection and Auto mode for channel selection and see how well that works. This should maximize throughput. If I experience any conflicts or limited throughput I'll try nonadjacent non-overlapping channels for 2.4 and 5 GHz. I'll keep dynamic and auto for 6 GHz since channel assignment is not yet supported in the WAX630E.
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