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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 comes back up to the 160 MHz bandwidth unless rebooted. I do know that the router might fall back to 80 MHz bandwidth if any radar is detected nearby in the DFS channels. Isn't it supposed to get back up to the 160 MHz bandwidth if there's no more interference?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 DFS channels 36-48 and 149-161. The lower transmit power also significantly reduces the range on this router. Is there a way to disable to the DFS channel selection in the auto channel selection setting in the 5 Ghz band? The firmware needs to be tuned to pick up only non DFS main channels since they always have the best transmit power and most compatibility.
