force 2.4 operate mode

[robinjoo1]

how can i force the 2.4Ghz band to use B only so i have low data rates at my IoT devices it now uses

wifi 802.11g to 802.11b modes​

i tried to find a config path i saw here

How to change wifi 802.11g to 802.11b modes - Raspberry Pi Forums

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[bbunge]

how can i force the 2.4Ghz band to use B only so i have low data rates at my IoT devices it now uses

wifi 802.11g to 802.11b modes​

i tried to find a config path i saw here
View attachment 47433

How to change wifi 802.11g to 802.11b modes - Raspberry Pi Forums

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One thing you can do is to set up a Guest WIFI on 2.4 GHz and set the bandwidth limiter. May be best to not try to do just .11b.

 

[Yota]

Have you tried changing Wireless Mode to Legacy in the admin page? It will disable 802.11n, using pre-shared keys (WEP) will force the use of pre-802.11g technologies

 

[robinjoo1]

yes i did that but that still allows client to use the G band
i want them forcing to use the B (lowest data speed band )

wont BWI limit HW acceleration ?

 

[robinjoo1]

One thing you can do is to set up a Guest WIFI on 2.4 GHz and set the bandwidth limiter. May be best to not try to do just .11b.

that way i cant communicate with my mobile phone on 5Ghz network to 2.4Ghz guest ?

 

[Yota]

Might have to play around with the wl command to achieve what you want. But honestly this requirement is weird because most people just want to stay away from 802.11b and not use it.

 

[robinjoo1]

One thing you can do is to set up a Guest WIFI on 2.4 GHz and set the bandwidth limiter. May be best to not try to do just .11b.

never mind using guest network disables NAT acceleration

thanks that worked

 

[drinkingbird]

how can i force the 2.4Ghz band to use B only so i have low data rates at my IoT devices it now uses

wifi 802.11g to 802.11b modes​

i tried to find a config path i saw here
View attachment 47433

How to change wifi 802.11g to 802.11b modes - Raspberry Pi Forums

forums.raspberrypi.com

If anything you want to disable B and even G. Speed throttling or limiting the rates should be done in other ways. Changing to B doesn't simply change the supported speeds, it also makes your network insecure, slows down everything else on the router, does not play as well with multiple devices, won't coexist well with other 2.4 wifi networks, etc etc.

 

[jtp10181]

never mind using guest network disables NAT acceleration

Hmm, I have two guest networks setup and Runner and Flow Cache are working

 

[Tech9]

Hmm, I have two guest networks setup and Runner and Flow Cache are working

Bandwidth Limiter use in Guest Network (or WAN as QoS) disables both Runner and Flow Cache.

how can i force the 2.4Ghz band to use B only

Your neighbors won't be happy. I don't see the point of what you are trying to do. It's not needed.

 

[drinkingbird]

Hmm, I have two guest networks setup and Runner and Flow Cache are working

View attachment 47448

But do you have bandwidth limiter enabled for them? That's what disables them.

 

[jtp10181]

But do you have bandwidth limiter enabled for them? That's what disables them.

No, I see that now. Where it says "Bandwidth Limiter OF Guest Network" I thought that was an OR when I read it before.

 

[aex.perez]

Playing around I was digging around on my AX88 as I recently turned off 11b at the router but that didn't carry over to the nodes (with wl0_rateset=default/ofdm where ofdm removes 11b)
Found wl0_hapd.conf and wl1_hapd.conf after using htop to monitor running processes... Wondering if its as easy as changing hw_mode=b to for 802.11b in the config, and setting wl0_rateset=default in NVRAM?

/tmp# cat wl0_hapd.conf
## General configurations
driver=nl80211
ctrl_interface_group=0
## Interface configurations
interface=eth6
hw_mode=g (would it be as easy as changing this to b along with wl0_rateset=default in NVRAM? to force only 802.11b rates?)
channel=6
country_code=US
ieee80211d=1
ieee80211h=1
beacon_int=50
bridge=br0
dtim_period=1
ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
ssid=############
auth_algs=1
ap_isolate=0
ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
wpa=2
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK SAE
wpa_pairwise=CCMP
wpa_group_rekey=604800
wpa_ptk_rekey=0
wpa_passphrase=###############
sae_require_mfp=1
sae_anti_clogging_threshold=5
sae_sync=5
sae_groups=19 20 21
ieee80211w=1
disable_dgaf=0
hs20_deauth_req_timeout=0
osen=0
wmm_enabled=1

Attached is the 5Ghz wl1_hapd.conf that has a section for the guest network I have, in case you want to set up your IOT devices that way. Just noticed that in the GUI under General, wpa_group_rekey=604800 matches what I have there, but for the 5Ghz its wpa_group_rekey=3600? Files names different on the AX86 mesh nodes but the rekey values match the router and also are different between to 2.4 and 5Ghz... SSID's and WPA Passphrase redacted...