Is there anyone ever had this experience? Some device seems like blocking 2.4 channel so we couldn’t transmit on that channel. I have used channel 1 on one of my AP supporting 45 clients, it works for about 3 months without any problem, but these days, some device seems lilke locking some channel on 2.4 and i couldn’t get my client back on channel 1. and some other channels couldn’t be use too. Anyone had this experience? How to solve this problem?
Well, this sounds like plain interference. Given that this is a license-free band, everyone can use it.
And if you take into account that this frequency is used by other things than wireless networking equipment (like wireless surveillance video cameras, wireless headsets, …) there are plenty of chances that “something” else will just use the same frequency and make it unusable for you.
The only solution is to switch to another frequency which is free… And in 2.4 GHz crowded areas switching to 5 GHz is well worth considering.
Best regards,
Christian Meis
You may use snooper tool to see complete wireless network load,
‘interface wireless snooper’.
Or find menu in Winbox.
no, just accept it : 2.4GHz is dead. Maybe you can get along with it somewhere in mountains, but in city…