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R7800: Channel 116-128 appears after 11 minutes with "Europe" region ???
Hi All, As I was trying to identify the best 5G Wifi Channel to use, I found what "may" be a bug in firmware. Using any of firmware versions: V1.0.0.40, V1.0.0.30, V1.0.0.28 In Wifi Channel ...
For an EU ETSI CE marked AP/GW , I am surprised that this can be selected as this would provide additional channels 34-46 which
are not part /not allowed in the ETSI group ?
regards the 11 minutes to light up channel 116-128 . This is expected behaviour for the ETSI region as those channels are Weather Radar related DFS channels, which have a 10 minute CAC timer applied . For those particular channels , Transmit is not allowed till at least 10 minutes of clear channel has been monitored . Some retail routers are blocked from using the weather channels or even any DFS channels at all , purely becuse they cause lots of customer calls .
Jocmacplop
Which region are you located?
In some regions it uses DFS which takes longer to authenticate.
It's always recommended to select the region of your location in order to conform with FCC rules.