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08 Nov 2020 13:20 #97639 by colinjmair
Replied by colinjmair on topic Re: No channel 6 on AP910C
What might be worth a try, depending on how easily it is and if you still have the power supply for one of the APs. Set one of the AP to Channel 6, take it to a completely different location, i.e. another home, ideally one with a lots less wifi equipment and power it up. If it then works ok on channel 6, you could use your phone app to check, the most likely cause of not using channel 6 at your location is interference on Channel 6.

This would at least show that there is nothing wrong with the AP itself.

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Colin

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08 Nov 2020 13:24 #97640 by mmcdona6
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colinjmair wrote:
What might be worth a try, depending on how easily it is and if you still have the power supply for one of the APs. Set one of the AP to Channel 6, take it to a completely different location, i.e. another home, ideally one with a lots less wifi equipment and power it up. If it then works ok on channel 6, you could use your phone app to check, the most likely cause of not using channel 6 at your location is interference on Channel 6.

This would at least show that there is nothing wrong with the AP itself.

regards

Colin



I have tried at least 3 of the access points at the house and none of them work on channel 6. Surely they can't all be broken!

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08 Nov 2020 15:16 #97642 by colinjmair
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I would have thought that was very unlikely, so it is most likely that there is something in your environment that is stopping them all using channel 6.
Of course in the 2.4GHz band, the interference may not even be coming from something in your own house.

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08 Nov 2020 18:01 #97643 by hornbyp
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mmcdona6 wrote:
Are you perhaps suggesting that something else in the house is blasting out a lot of interference on channel 6? What could that be, Bluetooth devices, Sonos?


You can add Zigbee (as used by some Room stats., radiator valves, smart bulbs etc) to that list.

Have you tried configuring Syslog :?:
If the AP910C is purposefully refusing to use Channel 6, that would be where it would give the reason. (With any luck!)

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10 Nov 2020 14:53 #97667 by mmcdona6
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hornbyp wrote:

mmcdona6 wrote:
Are you perhaps suggesting that something else in the house is blasting out a lot of interference on channel 6? What could that be, Bluetooth devices, Sonos?


You can add Zigbee (as used by some Room stats., radiator valves, smart bulbs etc) to that list.

Have you tried configuring Syslog :?:
If the AP910C is purposefully refusing to use Channel 6, that would be where it would give the reason. (With any luck!)



The AP does not refuse to use channel 6. It states on the home page that it is using channel 6, but when I scan the wifi on my phone, I don't see anything on channel 6. I have been running syslog all along and no obvious errors are ever reported.

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