That's interesting. I bought mine at Staples too. Does yours say something like US or EU then?
Even on the box it says manufactured 2020 firmware 384. So, you'd think it would have DFS since it was approved in Canada in 2018.
I bought this specifically to use DFS. The 5Ghz on non-DFS is super congested by neighbours (townhouse complex). Zoom/FaceTime is really bad during the day. If i can't get this to work I might give up and get Ubiquiti APs instead. Right now I'm using two TP-LINK APs and they don't have DFS...
admin@RT-AC86U-6CC0:/tmp/home/root# nvram get wl1_chlist
36 40 44 48 149 153 157 161 165
admin@RT-AC86U-6CC0:/tmp/home/root# nvram get wl_ifnames
eth5 eth6
Seems like only non-DFS channels are listed. Does that mean it's SOL? I'm assuming these are hardcoded in.
I've tried Merlin 384.19 and 386.1beta4 and the official firmware 386.41634 .
Each time, I tried factory reseting after upgrading but when I get to the drop down menu I can't see any DFS channels. Not sure if I'm doing something wrong. I've even tried switching it to router mode (initially...
I recently picked up a AC86U for a relatively good price. I bought it on the recommendation that it had DFS channels available (https://www.duckware.com/tech/wifi-in-the-us.html#routers). After reading a few threads here it seems like it's mainly available on EU or CN versions. But, also saw...