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Shaikhisa39
Jan 11, 2020Aspirant
Nighthawk x4s r7800 40Mhz Force Enab
help me in this as i am using the nighthawk x4s r7800 router it's not giving me an option to use it for 40Mhz Or 80Mhz and its Also capable of 160Mhz bt its not showing an option trying to change chan...
- Jan 20, 2020
80 MHz width is on by default regardless which channel you use. If you want to force 160 MHz width, you need to use a DFS channel, usually between 52 and 140. As I mentioned, your wifi device needs to support 160 MHz width too or else it won't work
Shaikhisa39
Jan 19, 2020Aspirant
I am getting 80Mhz Now Because Just Now I have Reset my router
microchip8
Jan 20, 2020Master
80 MHz width is on by default regardless which channel you use. If you want to force 160 MHz width, you need to use a DFS channel, usually between 52 and 140. As I mentioned, your wifi device needs to support 160 MHz width too or else it won't work
- Shaikhisa39Jan 20, 2020AspirantWell Thank you soo much i have almost got my answer for what i was looking for .. one last question i have selected channel 64dfs channel still not getting 160Mhz and when i tried to change channel above 100dfs wifi network not showing .. so does that mean my device is not capable of 160Mhz that's y it's not showing or something els ..
- microchip8Jan 20, 2020Master
Possibly. There are only a few devices that can work (reliably) on 160 MHz
- Shaikhisa39Jan 20, 2020AspirantOkay thanks