How to select wifi channel through Netgear Genie

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Unkemptclopopot wrote:

So i have a A7000 Wifi Adapter and I am trying to chose between the channels available to me given through Netgear Genie.

 

Your wifi USB adapter cannot control the wifi channels that your (unnamed) router uses. You have to do that on the router. The adapter will then connect to the one you set.

Set the channel on the router then set your SSID and password and connect to that.

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I am given the Channels 1, 6 , 11 to choose between and I know most everyone else is using channel 11 so I want to choose channel 6. Some times, very infrequently I am choose "connect" on channel 6 and it changes and stays until I turn off or restart my computer.

If your USB adapter shows these, then it is showing channels from other routers. Go by the SSID, not the wifi channels.

The A7000 supports 5 GHz. That is faster and has a shorter range, so it is less likely to interfere with neighbouring wifi sources.

While many questions about routers are generic and could be answered anywhere, some things need specialist knowledge.

You might get more help, and find earlier questions and answers specific to your device, in the appropriate section for your hardware. That's probably here:

WiFi Adapters - NETGEAR Communities

In the meantime you could visit the support pages:

Support | NETGEAR

Feed in your model number and check the documentation for your hardware. Look at the label on the device for the model number.

You may have done this already. I can't tell from your message.

I mention it because Netgear stopped supplying printed manuals and CD versions some years ago and people sometimes miss the downloads.