Isn't channel 6 the typical default channel for most wireless routers? I get a better signal using a different channel around here. I can't tell if it was the new driver that fixed this problem or not. I can't help but to think that simply resetting the router is what fixed this problem.
Last edited by chev65; 11 Jun 2010 at 11:05.
I'm sure that is true but I don't think it has anything to do with the problem because he was using the default standard channel 6. Resetting the router is most likely what fixed the problem. When in doubt I just push the little button on the router. Always works for me.
Maybe the channel gap required the use of channel 6 but usually the router makes those choices for you.
from the sounds of the post the OP had his channel set manually, possibly doing a factory reset of the router caused it to go back to "auto" and it auto selected channel 6? to be fair it might not even be on channel 6... both my routers are set to "auto" and they both say they are broadcasting on channel 6, in fact they are not. because they would interfere with each other it just says 6 as a default and changes the channel when it needs to
He didn't say anything about resetting the router until after he reinstalled the drivers. Maybe the drivers helped? Hard to say. Thanks for the info on the channel problems, I can imagine that in a country as crowded as Japan the channels are saturated pretty well and the need to have more frequencies was required.
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