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pb01890
Star
Oct 28, 2020

Orbi RBK852 - Selection of 5GHz channel 36

New owner of RBK852. According to the app WiFi Explorer the 5GHz channel in use by Orbi is 40, despite being set to 36. I changed it to 48 and it is correctly displayed in WiFi explorer. Set it back ...
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KMDonlon
Virtuoso
Nov 04, 2020
I just tried channel 36 & can 100% confirm the "bug"

Shows channel 40 in the web GUI along with my WiFi analyzer app but channel 36 is selected in the radio button drop down in WiFi setup.
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Nov 04, 2020

Thanks for confirming this. Hopfully NG can review this. :smileyembarrassed: