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ward74
Aspirant
Jul 30, 2016
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R6200v2 changing channels on 5GHZ

How do I change the chanel for the 5 GHZ band, when it came with "auto" set as the default?
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  • VE6CGX's avatar
    VE6CGX
    Jul 30, 2016

    Never use auto selection. clikc on it  change it to higher channels like 149, 153. And band width 4o Mhz.

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VE6CGX
Master
Jul 30, 2016

Never use auto selection. clikc on it  change it to higher channels like 149, 153. And band width 4o Mhz.

  • ward74's avatar
    ward74
    Aspirant
    Aug 15, 2016

    I change the channels and it changed the 5G signal for my FireStick from -72 to -61, I did not find any channel where I could get -40 dBm.

    These are the results when I ran WIFI Analytcs.

    Can you tell me why the Netgear 30-5G signal is -46, but the Firestick is -61, the Firestick is 8 ft. from the router?  

    SSID                                  SIGNAL(dBm     CHANNEL       SECURITY          BSSID
    NETGEAR 30                        -30                    5                 WPA2SK           6c:b0:ce:ab:73:bb

    NETGEAR 30-5G                  -46                  157                    "                   6c:b0:ce:ab:73:ba"

    DIRECT-e1-FireTV_c463       -61                 157                    "                   76:c2:46:8c:b0:12

    • VE6CGX's avatar
      VE6CGX
      Master
      Aug 15, 2016

      With the router TX power is constant, recweiving devices RX sensitivity, distnce and antenna(external, internai) matters.

       

      • ward74's avatar
        ward74
        Aspirant
        Aug 17, 2016

        Hello,

        It sounds like I need to address my question to Firestick customer service, is that correct?

                                                               Thank you, ward74