Been playing around with my wifi settings to optimise it and noticed that when on auto, my BE98 insists on setting the 2.4ghz band to channels that are different to the multiple other networks around here. Every single other router in range (13 at last count) uses either 1, 6 or 11 so they all stack nicely on top of each other. My BE98 never, ever uses 1, 6 or 11, it's always the odd one out, currently using 7 but I have seen it on 9, 2 and 3 before I think.
My question is why does my BE98 specifically insist on doing this when 13 other routers all use those standard channels and play nicely with all the others? As far as I am aware, from reading about it a few years ago, it's best to have wifi set to the SAME channel (when no completely free space is available) rather than having an odd overlap with other networks, because on the same channel it avoids interference (because of something like it can then identify traffic for another network and ignore it vs just seeing it as interference) and can play nicer with the other networks. I don't remember the technical details but that was the gist of it.
So is there a specific reason it is doing this when none of the other routers are? And, is what I read a few years ago correct? in which case it seems I should manually assign it to 1, 6 or 11 (although this defeats the point in having auto, which can let it switch channels if some interference appears and in theory should pick the optimal channel to use).
My question is why does my BE98 specifically insist on doing this when 13 other routers all use those standard channels and play nicely with all the others? As far as I am aware, from reading about it a few years ago, it's best to have wifi set to the SAME channel (when no completely free space is available) rather than having an odd overlap with other networks, because on the same channel it avoids interference (because of something like it can then identify traffic for another network and ignore it vs just seeing it as interference) and can play nicer with the other networks. I don't remember the technical details but that was the gist of it.
So is there a specific reason it is doing this when none of the other routers are? And, is what I read a few years ago correct? in which case it seems I should manually assign it to 1, 6 or 11 (although this defeats the point in having auto, which can let it switch channels if some interference appears and in theory should pick the optimal channel to use).
