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Nighthawk CAX30 has no internet on 2.4Ghz
Problem solved after hours of troubleshooting. Short answer, the auto channel function was selecting same radio channel that several others in same apartment complex were also using. Went to manual a...
Thanks for the suggestion and i looked up the WiFi scanners and went with S4N for my MacBook pro. Great more details as you have shared. My previous post using the AC1900 to find free channels was also coupled with my Ring cameras "Device Health, Signal Strength RSSI-#'s for performance of the router. Now that you turned me towards a WiFi scanner (previouly was not aware of) for download is way better option. Cheers!
Agree on the interferences in close living communities as we both experienced these and technology hasn't overcome the same issues that still exist.
One thing to keep in mind with your scanner is watch for those users on 2.4ghz that disable 20/40hz coexistence. Basically it forces the 2.4ghz into 40hz wide channels and causes more overlap. the initial scanner might say that there's only "2" broadcasting on a certain channel but because of the increased overlap actually have more interference. Kind of a "D" move in an apartment/condo living to disable 20/40hz coexistence. :)
Benefit to using the scanner is actually seeing what is overlapping.
And sometimes you have to change the channel you're on because a router has "auto" on for 2.4ghz and the channels change. Such a pita in apartment living situations