NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
General WiFi Channel question
I have made an observation and was wondering if someone could shed some light on it. While I was attempting to choose the best channel for my 5Ghz side of the router I noticed something strange. I...
Not all ISP devices are programmed properly as well as most ISP's rarely update firmware on their devices. So it very well could be shoddy coding. Its usually why one of the first things recommended to people with poor wifi is to get rid of their isp supplied router.
Nice thing (and bad thing) is that 5ghz doesn't transmit as far or through as much materials. Even if you can see the signals, doesn't always mean its causing as much issues as the 2.4ghz bands used to. As well as when they do broadcast, their higher throughput means they transmit for a much shorter period.
Is it causing an issue or just a curiousity?
No, its not causing an issue. I was just curious. I agree that it probably won't interfere on 5ghz like 2.4ghz would. Thats why I have the 2.4ghz side toned down to 25% transmit power for the few 2.4 devices I have remaining.
I think I know why it might be happening. There is an airport within 8 miles of me so I think DFS channels are limited. The networks I'm seeing are 80Mhz wide. So that only leaves 2 non-DFS channel ranges (36-48 and 149-161) if I'm thinking this correctly. So that could explain why they all seem to gravitate to those 2 areas. As a test, I dropped my width to 40Mhz and set my router to a DFS channel. I did this a couple of hours ago and so far It hasn't changed channels. I'm sitting on a channel all by myself. We'll see how long it lasts. So far, I'm liking this router.
Thanks for your response.