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Channel Selection Limited on R7000
The channels available are extremely limited for 5 GHz (36, 40, 44, 48, 149, 153, 157, and 161). There are a slew of channels that common Wi-Fi analyzers recommend that seem to be unavailable on this...
The FCC has been on vendors to lock down and only allow channels by country. Particularly (US) / North America. Best to use (non-DFS) channels 149-161 for 5ghz.
Wifi channels by country: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels
How works: http://www.wi-fi.org/knowledge-center/faq/how-does-dfs-work
Channel Plans are set by the FCC in the states as for the others countries I have no idea. One could asssume you're located in the States and 52 is Not available.
The FCC has been on vendors to lock down and only allow channels by country. Particularly (US) / North America. Best to use (non-DFS) channels 149-161 for 5ghz.
Wifi channels by country: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels
How works: http://www.wi-fi.org/knowledge-center/faq/how-does-dfs-work
Well that's annoying. I get it and all, just annoying that I can't use the best channel because it *could* interfere w/ weather and Military stuff. So do the different firmware's for different regions behave differently or have a different set of channels available?
dmoody wrote:Well that's annoying. I get it and all, just annoying that I can't use the best channel because it *could* interfere w/ weather and Military stuff. So do the different firmware's for different regions behave differently or have a different set of channels available?
This is exactly why the FCC mandates they be locked down by region so people like you can't cause a problem. If enough of your kind felt they had to break the rules it would cause a problem.
Your wifi analyzer is nothing but a cheap app that counts router beacons per channel and then makes a recommendation that most users thinks is gospel.