EAP670 and usable 5GHz channels (Australia)
Hi,
I'm currently facing an issue with my EAP670 (EU) access points in conjunction with the Omada Software Controller, as I'm having difficulty identifying free channels on the 5GHz band.
I came across a post (https://community.tp-link.com/en/business/forum/topic/605882) that addresses a similar concern, but the suggested resolution, while applicable to Europe, doesn't seem to align with the situation in Australia. Higher channels on the 5GHz band, such as 132, 137, 140, and 144 (DFS/TPC), as well as 149, 153, 157, 161, 165, 169, and 173 (non-DFS), are fully usable in Australia. However, these channels are not visible or selectable within the Omada controller.
I suspect that the access point may be defaulting to European settings, even though it is sold and used in Australia. I say this because channels 120, 124, and 128, which are prohibited in Australia, can be selected for use in the controller.
I would appreciate any guidance or solutions to address this regional discrepancy in channel availability.
I looked into that but I don't think this is the problem. You see, the EAP670 (US) version supports exaclty the same bands as the EAP670 (EU) version (see EAP670 US website specs screenshot) and the (US) firmware enables channels 149, 153, 157, 161 and 165 which are U-NII-3/Band 3 (see datasheet screenshot). So TP-Link should release a firmware (AU) to enable the correct channel spectrum used in Australia which also means disabling channels 120, 124 and 128 which are prohibited in Australia and yet selectable in the (EU) firmware version being sold in Australia.
tp-link is selling the (EU) version of their EAP products in Australia and reusing the (EU) firmware which disables 149, 153, 157, 161 and 165 as they are not used in Europe and enables channels 120, 124 and 128 which are prohibited in Australia. I am assuming the same problem applies to EAP's sold in New Zealand.
Ideally we would have the EAP670 (AU) firmware with 2G:1~13; 5G:36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 132, 136, 140, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165
EAP670 US website specs
EAP670 Datasheet - https://static.tp-link.com/upload/product-overview/2023/202309/20230913/Datasheet_EAP670.pdf
