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cowswith
Apr 02, 2025Initiate
WiFi radio 160MHz 5G band - stable channel selection (Nighthawk RS200)
Hi folks, was wondering if there was a good solution to stable channel selection on the 160MHz 5G band. I will set my unit to say channel 36 or 48 or so with excellent down speeds, up to 1800Mb, ...
FURRYe38
Apr 04, 2025Guru - Experienced User
Any progress on this?
cowswith wrote:
Hi folks, was wondering if there was a good solution to stable channel selection on the 160MHz 5G band.
I will set my unit to say channel 36 or 48 or so with excellent down speeds, up to 1800Mb, and get booted to channel 157 where I will land with a very unstable connection. Unstable between the 400-700Mb range if I'm lucky enough to even get a 802.11ax protocol, with likely drop to 50-300Mb 802.11n protocol. I expect its probably proximity to police station with cops running radar booting me out, from what I am aware of the Nighthawk RS200 unit wont let me change to a more narrow 80MHz manually to get a more stable connection.
2Gb fiber, Nighthawk WiFi 7 Router RS200 6.5Gbps, Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 160MHz, drivers current, proximity 2m from unit