Option to change 2.4GHz channel + width (20/40MHz)?

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Re:Option to change 2.4GHz channel + width (20/40MHz)?
2023-08-18 09:28:04 - last edited 2023-08-18 11:00:35

This is a concern to me too!

 

I am considering getting a BE85 3-pack and having only noticed TP-Link recently thought I'd buy an XE75 3-pack to see if TP-Link have actually got a sound mesh system (which I can't say about ASUS or Netgear).

 

But reading this it seems that the firmware maintainers at TP-Link are barely competent so maybe this is a waste of time and money.

 

Consider this, I have somewhere in the vicinity of 40 IoT devices.

 

My Solar System WiFi has shown to be poor and will disconnect if the wireless channel changes so I must choose a specific channel to avoid that.

It's really annoying to have to reboot the Solar system, sometimes, two ot three times a day.

 

My 2.4Ghz WiFi is set to be 20/40Mhz and every single IoT device I have connects at 20Mhz.

I don't really use the 2.4Ghz network for anything other than IoT devices and I have in the order of between 85-100 WiFi devices on my network at any given time.

 

But according to what has been said here the Deco system sets the 2.4Ghz wireless to 40Mhz only which, for devices that insist on 20Mhz, usually means no connection.

 

That choice is, to be knid, stupid, at the very least it should be set to 20/40Mhz with an option to disable it so that only 20Mhz connections are possible.

 

I have to say that after hearing this there probably will be no more TP-Link smart plugs, no more TP-Link smart lights and no TP-Link routers.

 

Ian

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Re:Option to change 2.4GHz channel + width (20/40MHz)?
2023-08-18 09:52:48 - last edited 2023-08-18 14:40:45

  @raven-au To make things even worse there is no way to set a channel manually and the optimize feature will often put the channel to 12 or 13 which many devices are unable to even see the network on.

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2023-09-02 05:25:15

  @krzysiek2023 And your neighbors will love you for that! It is totally unacceptable that they use so much space on 2.4 GHz. The local internet provider Ziggo in NL should stop selling these wifi extenders!!!!

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Re:Option to change 2.4GHz channel + width (20/40MHz)?
2023-11-05 10:43:09

is there any update for this? this is very critical for me since it is really giving me bad 2.4ghz performance. with my previous access point, 20mhz is always stable while 40mhz is bad so i always sticked with 20mhz. i suspect this is the case too with my new decos.

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