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[S.Stephenson]

Recently got a Netgear AX120 and am looking to max out the wifi speed as it has a 5GB port and my NAS and switching gear is all 10GB.

I've had the best results on the dfs channels because when you run it in 160 mode even 1 other AP can interfere but I'v been wondering if any of this is due to the channel i'm using 112 vs default 36, as the frequency is higher.

Transfer over network is at 145MB/s on channel 112 on channel 36 I'm seeing 80-100MB/s.

[Weaver]

[tubaman]

Some devices may not work on the higher channel numbers (my Samsung TV is an example example), but if you're not experiencing such issues I don't believe there is any reason not to use them.
  

[Alex Atkin UK]

Recently got a Netgear AX120 and am looking to max out the wifi speed as it has a 5GB port and my NAS and switching gear is all 10GB.

I've had the best results on the dfs channels because when you run it in 160 mode even 1 other AP can interfere but I'v been wondering if any of this is due to the channel i'm using 112 vs default 36, as the frequency is higher.

Transfer over network is at 145MB/s on channel 112 on channel 36 I'm seeing 80-100MB/s.

It will be interference, as I had higher speeds on 36 before everyone and their grandmother started getting 5Ghz.

As mentioned, most default to 36 for compatibility so you often get those higher frequencies to yourself.

[S.Stephenson]

[Alex Atkin UK]

For me 6Ghz can't come soon enough, although how frustrating its going to be to fit 6Ghz antennas into an existing laptop I'm not so sure.

[S.Stephenson]

[Alex Atkin UK]

Maybe. https://www.mouser.co.uk/ProductDetail/Molex/146220-0200?qs=eKig3M7YXu9WcEjWZ9nbKA==&vip=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz8KdwP6z6QIVBofVCh3mhAiDEAQYAiABEgLGBfD_BwE

I'm not sure if its common for antennas to have really wide frequency ranges.  I know on the routers themselves they are specifically designed for 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz.

I seem to recall there was some mention of the higher channels on 5Ghz often being poorer as the antennas are often not optimised for that end of the spectrum.  But again, maybe that was only related to routers/Access Points rather than the tiny things in laptops that have little space for reception for begin with.

[PhilipD]

Hi

The other issue with higher channels on DFS is you can also suddenly lose connectivity at random if the access point thinks it has seen or needs to scan again for radar.  Had this happen a couple of times, the logs say it has detected possible radar and there is delay whilst it rescans and all clients of 5GHz lose connection whilst it scans.

Regards

Phil

[Alex Atkin UK]

Yes, radar detection is super buggy on a lot of APs.  It seems pretty stable on the nanoHD (apparently at launch it didn't even support DFS) but on my previous OpenWRT APs it would often revert back to channel 36 and need to be forced back to a DFS channel.

[Weaver]