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RS500 - Auto 5 ghz channel setting picks up DFS channel?
My neighborhood is pretty crowded with 5 Ghz channels. The auto 5 Ghz channel selection setting picks up channel 100 which is a DFS channel. This channel also has lower transmit power than the non DF...
Yes, but anytime a DFS channel might get kicked out due to interference if any radar is detected in the future. In my testing manual channel 44 or 153-161 gets the best signal strength and range. Even when using the auto DFS channel selection, the DFS channel transmit power is lower than say channel 44 or 161.
Another observation is when using channels 149-161 and the speed set to 5.8 Gbps, most older wifi 5/6 clients don't get their maximum speed in the 5 Ghz band. My intel AX203 card only gets 300 Mbps when the router channel is set to 161 and speed set to 5.8 Gbps. How can I pass this along to NG?
