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lmore377
May 23, 2022Aspirant
RAX15 Missing DFS Channels
I'm on firmware V1.0.11.112_2.0.77. I tried turning AX on and off, switching between the different modes and some other stuff but no matter what I do I can't get channels 100-144 to show up. The avai...
plemans
May 23, 2022Guru - Experienced User
What region are you in?
lmore377
May 23, 2022Aspirant
I'm in US and the region selection is greyed out
- plemansMay 24, 2022Guru - Experienced User
Not sure why its not showing those channels as it supports dfs.
Maybe you're in an area where dfs is broadcast enough it doesn't even give it as an option (not sure if thats possible)?
Your region should be grayed out if you're in the north american region.
- lmore377May 24, 2022AspirantI ended up just connecting to the internal serial console and changing the SKU to an international model which unlocked the region selection (and made the admin password restrictions more strict lol). Oddly enough US still has the DFS channels completely disabled but if I select another country like Europe it's perfectly fine and I haven't had it switch channels in a bit over 24 hours which I was expecting because my normal home network never switches channels either. I can post how I did it here but I doubt Netgear would like that lol.