Future Consideration Possibility to change WiFi channels
There should be a way to change WiFi channel, or at least the system should change it by itself, choosing the least saturated one. For 2.4GHz it is clear that it will be almost impossible to select a free channel, but on the 5GHz I only see other 2 networks and we are all in the same channel! For at least one the reason may be that our neighboor is using a TP-Link product as well.
I think this is a very basic configuration in any WiFi device, which I would have never though was not going to be possible before buying it.
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@David-TP Any update on this? Can we please have the option to manually set the channel please. I'm fed up having to reboot the network several times in the hope it actually chooses a non-congested channel. And the Network Optimisation tool is useless as it picks a worse channel!
If you have no intention of sorting this out, my Deco system can take a trip back to Amazon, and I'll revert back to my 8 year old Mesh system that actually allows a manual channel to be set! To say that this option is a new "feature" not many manufacturers have ventured into is absolute nonsense!
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Guys, i think TPLINK finally did it--at least for the BE95, firmware 1.1.0 build 20241217 rel 38308 was released.
This not only unlocked the 2nd 6ghz radio, but also ENABLED MANUAL CHANNEL SELECTION.
I haven't played around with it, but this is definitely exciting.
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@metachronism Yes FW 1.6.4 has finally allowed me to set manual channels and channel width on the X55 units.
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Any news on this for the PX50?
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Hopefully also for the XE75 units. That would be great!
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https://community.tp-link.com/en/home/forum/topic/659924?replyId=1473326
I just wanted to add this part of the discussion into the mix as well. As early as last week, TP-David recommended using the scheduled reboot functionality as a possible solution. To reiterate, this does not solve the problem that we're all having, as WiFi channels can get saturated throughout the day, and a single scheduled reboot does not address this issue.
We need the Deco to be able to reasonably determine if the WiFi is saturated and perform a proactive Network Optimization - a function that already exists and is built in to the software - on a regular basis. If there was a function to 'auto scan and optimize' the WiFi on a regular basis, selectably between every 10/15/30/60 minutes, this would solve a lot of issues.
Some of us rely on our home networks to accommodate multiple virtual meetings each day, and it should not be acceptable practice to force your users to have to perform a manual Network Optimization before every call, just to make sure that we have a clean signal and won't be summarily kicked from our work meetings. That's not cool.
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