Ver 1.7 Channel Width of 40MHz @ 5GHz for Wireless N

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Re: Ver 1.7 Channel Width of 40MHz @ 5GHz for Wireless N

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Err...I could, but not sure how it will help.
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Re: Ver 1.7 Channel Width of 40MHz @ 5GHz for Wireless N

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No doubt you can convey the same message with words but sometimes you only get 30 seconds of Eric time so you need to make it count.

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Re: Ver 1.7 Channel Width of 40MHz @ 5GHz for Wireless N

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Just got my n750 and flashed it to the latest 1.7.1 and here is what my page lookslike.
I will paste the text as i am blind and cant do screen shot sorry.

Gargoyle
Router
Managbement
Utility
Device Name: Gargoyle
Device Configuration
Configure Device As:
Gateway (Default)
Wireless Bridge/Repeater
Wireless Bridge/Repeater
Bridge IP:
192.168.1.4 (must be in AP subnet)
Subnet Mask:
255.255.255.0 (same as AP mask)
AP/Gateway IP:
192.168.1.1
Wan Ethernet Port:
Disable
DNS Servers:
Use Gateway As DNS Server
Connect Via Client Bridge
Repeater:
Repeater Enabled
Operation Mode:
N+G+B
Channel Width:
40MHz (2nd chan. above)
Transmit Power:
Max   30 (0 - 30dBm)
SSID to Join:
tapper's net
Scan
SSID to Broadcast:
Gargoyle
Wireless Channel:
1
Encryption:
WPA2 PSK
Password:
●●●●●●●●
Save Changes Reset
Status
Connection
Basic
OpenVPN
Tor
Dynamic DNS
Routing
Wake on LAN
Firewall
System
Logout
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Re: Ver 1.7 Channel Width of 40MHz @ 5GHz for Wireless N

Post by edu »

tapper: Did you installed any theme and/or language?
It happened to me once. A factory reset fixed it.

TL-WRD4300 ver 1.7, running 1.7.1 ispy build from 28/03/2015

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Re: Ver 1.7 Channel Width of 40MHz @ 5GHz for Wireless N

Post by lepgargoyle »

Hi griftopia,

I remember having a similar issue with a wd my net n750 and openwrt bb firmware using luci web gui. Basically I had to force the 40mhz channel width for 5Ghz via command line. Also I've only ran the n750 in AP mode not client bridge; do you notice the same issue in AP mode? In any case you should be able to force 40mhz channel by editing /etc/config/wireless. For AP mode this my 5Ghz config (ispyisail latest 1.7.x release [3/26]):
***
config wifi-device 'radio1'
option type 'mac80211'
option channel '36'
option hwmode '11a'
option path 'pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0'
option htmode 'HT40+'
***
http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/uci/wireless

HT20 (single 20MHz channel),
HT40- (2x 20MHz channels, primary/control channel is upper, secondary channel is below)
HT40+ (2x 20MHz channels, primary/control channel is lower, secondary channel is above).

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Re: Ver 1.7 Channel Width of 40MHz @ 5GHz for Wireless N

Post by griftopia »

tapper wrote:Hi this mite help:
The thing about the 40MHz (2nd chan. below) Menes that if you set your
channel to 6 then it will bond channel 6 and channel 3. If you set your channel to 6 and choose 40MHz (2nd chan. above)
then it will bond channel 6 and channel 8. At least that is how i understand it to be.

That is for 2.4 GHZ for 5 GHZ the same thing gos on!
So if I say 36, it will "bond" with 39...if I use "above". "below" wouldn't make sense on 5GHz because 36 is the lowest channel right? 33 wouldn't make sense. Ergo, whenever I get it to work, I should select the "above" setting. Do I have this right?
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Re: Ver 1.7 Channel Width of 40MHz @ 5GHz for Wireless N

Post by griftopia »

lepgargoyle wrote:Hi griftopia,

I remember having a similar issue with a wd my net n750 and openwrt bb firmware using luci web gui. Basically I had to force the 40mhz channel width for 5Ghz via command line. Also I've only ran the n750 in AP mode not client bridge; do you notice the same issue in AP mode? In any case you should be able to force 40mhz channel by editing /etc/config/wireless. For AP mode this my 5Ghz config (ispyisail latest 1.7.x release [3/26]):
***
config wifi-device 'radio1'
option type 'mac80211'
option channel '36'
option hwmode '11a'
option path 'pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0'
option htmode 'HT40+'
***
http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/uci/wireless

HT20 (single 20MHz channel),
HT40- (2x 20MHz channels, primary/control channel is upper, secondary channel is below)
HT40+ (2x 20MHz channels, primary/control channel is lower, secondary channel is above).
Yes, same trouble in AP mode. I tried it just to see if set the channel, but no dice. I will try your suggestion to manually configure. I didn't want to earlier because I didn't want to mess things up, but I'll take backup of the config file and then try. God knows how the UI will render the setting after I do that though. Hope it does not crash rendering UI useless. But I guess if that happens I could always ssh into router and restore things back. Right?

Finally, a couple of clarifications. radio1 is the 5Ghz and radio0 is 2.5GHz? Maybe my 5Ghz is disabled ?!?!?! Finally what is hardware mode 11a? is that equivalent to N+A?

Thanks.
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Re: Ver 1.7 Channel Width of 40MHz @ 5GHz for Wireless N

Post by griftopia »

Who do I kiss? 8-)

I changed it by hand. UI likes it and shows I have it set at "40 above". And now....<insert drum roll here please>...the output from iwconfig

wlan1 IEEE 802.11an ESSID:"XXX"
Mode:Managed Frequency:5.18 GHz Access Point: 58:6D:8F:F2:D2:4C
Bit Rate=405 Mb/s Tx-Power=14 dBm
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off



Tra-la la-la la...
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Re: Ver 1.7 Channel Width of 40MHz @ 5GHz for Wireless N

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ispyisail wrote:
Err...I could, but not sure how it will help.
Pictures are unbelievably good

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Very useful tip. Will remember for next time. For now, I've solved all my problems. :D
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Re: Ver 1.7 Channel Width of 40MHz @ 5GHz for Wireless N

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Bookmark this thread friend. If you make any changes that overwrite this config it will probably default back to before so you'll have to do it again.
http://lantisproject.com/downloads/gargoyle_ispyisail.php for the latest releases
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