Custom channel selection
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So I went into advanced settings to switch channels, and I'm a bit confused. It says that it selected channel 36 for the 5ghz, but all my devices are showing they're connected to channel 149. Also, I don't think channel 36 is even available at 80mhz bandwidth.
The dropdown also doesn't even have channel 149 available to select.
Am I missing something or is this a bug?
The second screenshot showing the channel is from Ubiquiti's own Wifiman app.
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Hi @dani82 - the 5 GHz channel selection in the app is for the 5.2 GHz band WiFi-5 Additional 5 GHz radio option
Manual channel selection is not currently available for the 5.8 GHz WiFi-6 radio
AmpliFi have indicated that manual channel selection in the upper 5.8 GHz band should come in a future update, but no time frame has been provided yet
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@Derek-Saville I think you meant the other way around right? The selection appears to be only for wifi6. The non-wifi6 clients are all connected on channel 149.
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@dani82 No he is correct, there is no channel selection for the wifi6 5GHz channels.
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@Mike-P strange, because my macbook pro is connected on channel 149 and that is not configurable.
And my macbook is 4 years old and definitely not wifi 6.
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@dani82 The wifi6 radio is backward compatible. It works with wifi5 devices just fine.
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When are we going to be able to select a different channel for wifi6? I have other wireless electronics at home like home theaters interfering with the wifi6 only channel available. I have to use wif5 at the lower channels to be able to use the router. Please make this feature available to be able to change the wifi6 channel
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@kriss1427sm27 Awaiting compliance approval for added spectrum.
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@UI-AmpliFi yay! Does that mean we are getting DFS? The only 80mhz wide channels in my area are very crowded...
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@UI-AmpliFi great thank you. I have been waiting for this feature ... Hopefully we will get it sometime in the fall.
