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duckware
Jan 14, 2020Prodigy
Netgear's 'wireless bridge' DFS CHANNEL blunder
Many Netgear (DFS capable) routers, when configured as a 'wireless bridge', are UNABLE to connect to another Netgear router/AP operating on a DFS channel! Dustin_V DarrenM - Please address and ...
- Jan 14, 2020
Hello Duck
I will pass this info on to the engineers. Thanks for bringing this up.
DarrenM
duckware
Jan 14, 2020Prodigy
Thanks. And also pass along the comment that any Netgear router that supports "wireless bridge" (a wifi client, not a router) must be FCC registered as a DFS slave/client -- just as we all expect that any new smartphone will be able to connect to any router (even routers on DFS channels) because the smartphone is FCC registered as a DFS slave/client.
DarrenM
Jan 15, 2020Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
Hello Duck
Can you tell me what Router models you are seeing this on.
DarrenM