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RS500 router keeps falling back to 80 Mhz bandwidth from 160 Mhz
I have set up my RS500 router with channel 44 and up to 5.8 Gbps speed in the 5 Ghz band. The router stays on 160 MHz bandwidth for a day or two before falling back to the 80 MHz bandwidth and never ...
FURRYe38 Does your RS router remain in 160 Mhz bandwidth if you choose a manual non DFS channel?
I will check, my router is currently using manual channels 11 and 48.
If you have some nieghboring wifi, possible this maybe one cause.
Thank you! I had thought so too, but this appears to a DFS radar interference issue and the router never gets back to the 160 Mhz bandwidth after the drop by reapplying wireless settings or after a reboot.
The neighboring stronger channels in the 5 Ghz band also don't use the 160 Mhz bandwidth.
Could you please check if your router is staying in the 160 Mhz bandwidth in channel 48?
