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Channel Selection Limited on R7000
The channels available are extremely limited for 5 GHz (36, 40, 44, 48, 149, 153, 157, and 161). There are a slew of channels that common Wi-Fi analyzers recommend that seem to be unavailable on this router. How can I configure my router to use, for instance, channel 52? If it is not possible in the netgear firmware, are there any other firmware images that may make that available (such as DD-WRT), or is it a hardware limitation? Any details are appreciated.
The FCC has been on vendors to lock down and only allow channels by country. Particularly (US) / North America. Best to use (non-DFS) channels 149-161 for 5ghz.
Wifi channels by country: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels
How works: http://www.wi-fi.org/knowledge-center/faq/how-does-dfs-work
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- Haha, wow! I struck a nerve with you! I get what the analyzer does and understand interference. Thanks for not answering my question, but instead attacking me personally. Lol. Relax man, I'm not taking down radar systems.
Sorry but, You don't get how the analyzer works unless yours cost over $1000 it's an app and is only capable of counting beacons and then suggest a channel with least amount of them ( WIFI routers) it cannot detect any actual interfering carriers or noise floor other than WIFI while a true WIFI analyzer can detect any rf in the channel.
Yes! your router alone, would likely never cause a problem by itself, But if the channel was used as other approved channels are the sum of all those devices's signals would rise above an area and cause problems. When CATV was expanding and started using channels in air craft band a plane flying over a major city picked up HBO audio on one of it's radios. Soon afterward the CLI AKA "Cumulative Leakage Index" was born and became Law. All operators had to lower the output power and or stop using those channels.
Didn't mean to jump on you But the annoying comment was as if you were special and the rules were for others not you.
Router Channels Matter
The FCC has been on vendors to lock down and only allow channels by country. Particularly (US) / North America. Best to use (non-DFS) channels 149-161 for 5ghz.
Wifi channels by country: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels
How works: http://www.wi-fi.org/knowledge-center/faq/how-does-dfs-work
Well that's annoying. I get it and all, just annoying that I can't use the best channel because it *could* interfere w/ weather and Military stuff. So do the different firmware's for different regions behave differently or have a different set of channels available?