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piapia
Apr 06, 2020Tutor
2.4G and 40MHz : Primary and secondary channel selection
I have a RAX200 new router since 5 days and been able to enable 40MHz in the 2.4GHz band. I live in an area without many neighbors. I can see 4 to 5 SSIDs and they all ar on chanels 1 to 5. On my pr...
psychopomp123
Apr 06, 2020Luminary
If you live in an uncongested wifi environment then select channel 6 on the 2.4ghz band and use the '20/40' channel width setting. That setting works perfectly for me.
piapia
Apr 06, 2020Tutor
Yes, I live in an uncongested location, but 6 is already used and If I select it, it adds 2 instead of 10 !
In fact, this really annoying not being able to slect manually the 2nd channel...
- psychopomp123Apr 06, 2020Luminary
In the router settings, where do you see the secondary wifi channel being used on the 2.4ghz band? In Advanced>Administration>Router Status i can just see channel 6 displayed under the 2.4ghz radio.
- piapiaApr 06, 2020Tutor
Yes, this where your can see the 2 channels. Here is mine :
If you do not have 2 channels, it means that your router is working at 20MHz. You might have activate the option "Enable 20/40MHz Coexistence" in your wireless settings. If you did so, the router will use 20MHz if it has not enough channels available to enable 40MHz.
- psychopomp123Apr 06, 2020Luminary
Can't see your image....